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While the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orangish alert for the 3 districts of Tirupati, Chittoor and SPSR Nellore districts, nary important rainfall has been recorded successful the 3 districts arsenic of 2 p.m. connected Saturday (November 29).
As per the realtime rainfall accusation provided by the A.P. State Development Planning Society, galore places successful Tirupati territory recorded precise airy to airy showers, not much than 12 mm, betwixt 8.30 a.m. and 2 p.m. connected Saturday. However, the entity remained cloudy arsenic the maximum temperatures successful Rayalaseema and South Coastal Andhra Pradesh remained beneath 30C.
The IMD had forecast dense rainfall apt successful the districts of Prakasam, YSR, and Annamayya, portion isolated precise dense rainfall could beryllium expected successful SPSR Nellore, Tirupati and Chittoor districts connected Saturday.
In a property bulletin, IMD, Amaravati, Director S. Stella said the full State whitethorn person airy to mean rainfall connected Sunday (November 30). Heavy to precise dense rainfall alert has been issued for the aforesaid six districts, with isolated highly dense rainfall apt successful SPSR Nellore, Chittoor and Tirupati districts. A reddish alert has been issued for the second three.
Thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds with velocity 60-70 kmph gusting up to 80 kmph apt astatine isolated places implicit South Coastal A.P. and Rayalaseema. Squally winds with upwind velocity 40-50 kmph gusting up to 60 kmph are apt astatine isolated places implicit North Coastal A.P. and Yanam connected November 29, 30 and December 1.
Meanwhile, the Cyclonic Storm Ditwah moved north-northwestwards with the velocity of 8 kmph and laic centered astatine 8.30 a.m., adjacent to 80 km eastbound of Jaffna successful Sri Lanka, 280 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 380 km southbound of Chennai. It is precise apt to proceed to determination north-northwestwards and scope implicit southwest Bay of Bengal adjacent North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and southbound Andhra Pradesh coasts by aboriginal greeting of November 30.
Meanwhile, Minister for Home Vangalapudi Anitha reviewed the cyclone preparedness successful the likely-to-be-hit districts astatine the bureau of A.P. State Disaster Management Authority connected Saturday. She besides spoke with the District Collectors and directed the officials to guarantee the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force teams beryllium kept ready.
All power rooms indispensable beryllium disposable 24/7 to radical and upwind alerts should beryllium communicated intelligibly to officials astatine the ground-level, she said, adding that precautionary steps should beryllium taken to forestall immoderate nonaccomplishment of beingness and to minimise spot damage.
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