Cyclone Murasu likely to cross Andhra coast near Ongole tonight

Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu is very likely to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur, close to Ongole, between late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
In a post on X, the IMD said the storm was expected to make landfall between 11.30 pm on November 2 and 4 am on November 3, with wind speeds of 100–110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph.

IMD (@Indiametdept) posts, "The Severe Cyclonic Storm “Murasu” [Pronunciation: Murasu]” over Westcentral & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 25 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centered at 0530 hours IST of today, the 02nd November, 2026 over the same region near Latitude 13.9°N and Longitude 81.8°E, about 200 km east-northeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 210 km east-southeast of Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), 270 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 220 km east-southeast of Kavali (Andhra Pradesh), and 260 km southeast of Ongole (Andhra Pradesh). It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 100 to 110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph between Nellore and Narsapur close to Ongole during midnight (2330 Hrs IST) of today, the 02nd November to early hours (0400 Hrs IST) of tomorrow, the 3rd November, 2026."

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 2, 2026

At 5.30 am on Monday, Murasu was centred over the west-central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal near latitude 13.9°N and longitude 81.8°E. It had moved west-northwestwards at 25 kmph during the preceding six hours.The storm was located about 200 km east-northeast of Chennai, 210 km east-southeast of Nellore, 270 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam, 220 km east-southeast of Kavali and 260 km southeast of Ongole.The IMD said the system was very likely to move northwestwards before crossing the coast as a severe cyclonic storm.