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Alert over Cyclone Lehar
Posted on: 26/Nov/2013 11:51:39 AM
Cyclone Lehar over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm. The storm hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with a wind speed of over 110 km an hour Sunday, and lay centred about 1,070 km southeast of Gopalpur off the Odisha coast.
It would intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm and move west-north-westwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada around noon Nov 28. The wind speed could be 180 to 200 km an hour during landfall.The latest warning has triggered fear among the coastal residents as the Bay of Bengal has already witnessed two cyclones since October.
Cyclone Helen hit the Andhra Pradesh coast Friday, forcing authorities to evacuate thousands of people. It has left six people dead and caused extensive damage to standing crops in that state.
Helen hit the coast weeks after tropical cyclone Phailin in the Bay of Bengal devastated lives and damaged properties in more than 17 districts in Odisha after making landfall Oct 12 night near Gopalpur in Ganjam district.
Phailin also caused extensive damage in Andhra Pradesh.
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