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Chittoor, Nellore and Tirupati districts witnessed airy showers nether the interaction of the cyclonic tempest Ditwah connected Saturday, though an orangish alert was issued for the 3 districts.
According to realtime accusation provided by Andhra Pradesh State Development Planning Society, Pennepally successful Tirupati territory received the day’s maximum of 26.75 mm betwixt 8.30 a.m. and 8 p.m. connected Saturday. Rainfall recorded successful different places was arsenic follows: Nellore 24.25 mm, Poolathota 22.5 mm and Thottambedu 22 mm. Other places successful these 3 districts recorded beneath 20 mm rainfall until 8 p.m.
However, the entity remained cloudy successful galore places successful Rayalaseema and South Coastal A.P. arsenic the maximum temperatures remained beneath 30 grade Celsius.
According to 6 p.m. bulletin from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) connected Saturday, Ditwah was positioned implicit the southwest Bay of Bengal, astir 90 km east-southeast of Vedaranniyam successful Tamil Nadu, 120 km southeast of Karaikal, 220 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 330 km southbound of Chennai astatine 2.30 p.m.. It is precise apt to scope implicit southwest Bay of Bengal adjacent North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining southbound Andhra Pradesh coasts by aboriginal greeting of November 30.
The cyclone volition not marque a landfall, but volition beryllium centred implicit Bay of Bengal wrong a minimum region of 60 km from the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coastline connected Saturday night. It volition determination person to the coastline and volition beryllium wrong a region of 25 km from T.N.-Puducherry seashore by Sunday evening. According to the IMD authorities astatine Amaravati, the cyclonic tempest would person weakened into slump by the clip it reaches A.P. coast.
However, the full State whitethorn person airy to mean rainfall connected Sunday (November 30), said IMD, Amaravati, Director S. Stella successful a property bulletin. Heavy to precise dense rainfall alert has been sounded for YSR Kadapa, Annamayya and Prakasam districts, portion a reddish alert is successful spot for Nellore, Chittoor and Tirupati districts, wherever highly dense rainfall is apt successful 1 oregon 2 places connected Sunday.
Gale winds with velocity 60-70 kmph, and gusting up to 80 kmph, apt astatine isolated places successful South Coastal A.P. and Rayalaseema, portion squally winds with upwind velocity 40-50 kmph gusting up to 60 kmph are apt successful North Coastal A.P. and Yanam connected November 30. Thereafter, the upwind velocity whitethorn travel down to 45 kmph connected Monday. Light to mean rainfall volition proceed connected Monday.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha reviewed the cyclone preparedness astatine the bureau of A.P. State Disaster Management Authority connected Saturday. She spoke to 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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