00:00Okay, after Cyclone Arnamb, now it's Cyclone Murasu that the state of Andhra Pradesh is bracing for severe cyclonic storm
00:08will be making its landfall near the district Angole from midnight, bringing wind speeds of up to 120 km per
00:20hour, extremely heavy rainfall and the threat of coastal flooding as well.
00:25The IMD has warned of strong winds and heavy rainfall across several districts of Andhra Pradesh including Krishna, Bapthala, Prakasam,
00:36Nellor, Guntur, Illur, NTR, Palandu and West Godavri.
00:42Chennai, Thiruvallur, Rani, Pett will also be areas in Tamil Nadu which will be affected along with parts of Puducheri
00:51are expected to experience strong winds and rainfall.
01:03From what we've managed to know here at India today is that thousands of people have been evacuated from areas
01:12where the cyclone is expected to make its landfall.
01:15It's really been a tough last 7-8 days for people in the low-lying and coastal areas of the
01:22state because earlier they were faced with Cyclone Arnamb.
01:26At that time, we saw wind speeds of up to 150 km per hour.
01:31Let's see how the next couple of hours go by.
01:34The timelines being very, very similar as well with regards to Cyclone Arnamb.
01:39That too ended up making its landfall around 2 a.m. just a few days back with Cyclone Murasu as
01:48well.
01:48We're seeing something similar happen now.
01:57The IMD has said that it expects Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh to fail the brunt of this particular cyclone.
02:08It has also issued an orange alert for Chennai and authorities have declared a holiday for schools in the city
02:15on Monday.
02:17An orange alert, remember, denotes very heavy rainfall and it can go up to 20 cm as well.
