Heavy rain lashes coastal Kakinada district as Cyclone Asani veers towards Andhra Pradesh

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As cyclone Asani changed course and headed towards the Andhra coastline, heavy rain lashed the state’s coastal Kakinada district this morning</p>
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India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall and a red alert has been issued along with the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh in the wake of cyclone Asani.</p>
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Telangana's Nalgonda, Suryapet, Bhadradri  Kothagudem, Khammam and Mulugu districts are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall.</p>
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IMD has forecast light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls is likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh and heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over coastal Odisha and adjoining coastal West Bengal today.</p>
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"Squally wind speed reaching 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph is prevailing along and off Andhra Pradesh coast. It is likely to increase and become gale wind speed reaching 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph in the morning hours of 11th May along & off Andhra Pradesh coast (Krishna, East & West Godavari, Yanam of Puducherry UT and Visakhapatnam districts) and further, it would decrease to 45-55 Kmph gusting to 65 kmph over the region," according to the IMD weather bulletin.</p>
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India Meteorological Department (IMD) also said that the severe Cyclonic Storm 'Asani' weakened into a 'cyclonic storm' and is likely to become a depression by Thursday morning.</p>
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