The coastal Andhra districts on Tuesday witnessed moderate rainfall as the severe cyclonic storm Asani in Bay of Bengal started moving north-westwards close to Kakinada and Visakhapatnam coast.
A bulletin from Cyclone Warning Centre, Visakhapatnam said Asani was likely to weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm by the morning of Wednesday and into a depression by Thursday morning.
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The CWC predicted that there could be extremely heavy rain at one or two places over Krishna and Guntur districts; heavy to very heavy rain in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam. East Godavari and Yanam, West Godvari, Prakasam and Nellore districts by Wednesday morning.
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Though there were only moderate rains in Vizianagaram, Visakhapatam and Parvatipuram Manyam districts, the heavy gale has caused considerable damage to power lines disrupting the power supply. Reports of trees getting uprooted are coming from different parts of north-coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Nearly 30 flights belonging to IndiGo, Air Asia and Air India, coming to and taking off from Visakhapatnam airport on Tuesday were cancelled because of the turbulent weather caused by heavy gales.
Visakhapatnam airport director K Srinivasa Rao said AirAsia Delhi-Vizag-Delhi and AirAsia Bengaluru-Vizag-Bengaluru were cancelled while Air India has cancelled two arrivals and two departures from the airport. Similary, IndiGo also cancelled all its 23 flights as a precautionary measure.
The CWC, Visakhapatnam, in its evening bulletin, said great danger signal-X (GD-X) was hoisted at Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Bheemunipatnam and Gangavaram ports. Great danger signal -VIII (GD-VIII) hoisted at Machilipatnam, Nizampatnam and Krishnapatnam ports.
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“There would be squally winds with speed ranging from 45 kmph to 95 kmph are expected for the next two days in coastal Andhra. Fishermen are advised not to…