AP Heat Wave: Temperatures To Cross 45 Degrees In These Districts
AMARAVATI: The state of Andhra Pradesh will experience severe heat waves for the next three days, AP State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) managing director B R Ambedkar said on Saturday.
On Sunday, 136 mandals will suffer severe heat waves and 153 mandals on Monday, the official said. Gospadu in Nandyala district logged a maximum temperature of 42.2 degrees Celsius, and Rajanagaram and Seethanagaram mandals in East Godavari district recorded a maximum temperature of 41.9 C, on Saturday. Administrations in the affected districts have been issued the necessary guidelines, including giving alerts at the grassroots level.
The weather department has said that the intensity of the sun is likely to increase in the state for the next 3 days. Temperatures are already 2 to 4 degrees higher than the normal temperatures in many places. The intensity of the sun will increase from Sunday. The Meteorological Department has warned that many parts of the coastal districts are likely to record more than 45 degrees on Sunday. According to MD BR Ambedkar, 136 mandals of the state are likely to experience heavy rain and 173 mandals are likely to experience heavy rain.
Temperatures of 45 to 47 degrees are likely to be recorded in some parts of Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Alluri Sitamaraju, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Ambedkar Konaseema, Joint Godavari, Eluru, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, Prakasam and Nellore districts. Some parts of Srikakulam, Kurnool, Nandyala, YSR Kadapa, Annamayya, Chittoor and Tirupati districts are likely to record 42 to 44 degrees.
☀ మే 14 ఆదివారం
— Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (@APSDMA) May 13, 2023
విజయనగరం, మన్యం, అల్లూరి, అనకాపల్లి, కాకినాడ, కోనసీమ, తూర్పుగోదావరి, పశ్చిమగోదావరి, ఏలూరు, కృష్ణా, ఎన్టీఆర్, గుంటూరు, బాపట్ల, పల్నాడు, ప్రకాశం, SPSR నెల్లూరు జిల్లాల్లోని కొన్ని ప్రాంతాల్లో 45°C - 47°Cల వరకు ఉష్ణోగ్రతలు నమోదయ్యే అవకాశం ఉంది. pic.twitter.com/i3ydVbGpB2
Cyclone Mocha
Visakhapatnam: The ongoing severe storm Cyclone Mocha in the Southeast Bay of Bengal has strengthened into a very severe storm. At present it is moving towards North-North East at a speed of 22 kms per hour. It was centered about 610 km northwest of Port Blair, south-southwest of Bangladesh by Saturday night. It will cross the coast between Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) – Kakpyu (Myanmar) at Sittwe on Sunday afternoon as a severe cyclonic storm moving north-northwestwards. The India Meteorological Department revealed in a special bulletin on Saturday night that the maximum speed of 210 km per hour will be expected at that time and people, shepherds, cattle rearers and labourers have been told to avoid staying under the trees.
The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm “Mocha” (pronounced as “Mokha”) over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal is very likely to continue to move north-northeastwards and cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox’s Bazar pic.twitter.com/al7FlEuHOh
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) May 14, 2023
APSDMA stated that people can contact the 24-hour toll free numbers 1070, 112, and 18004250101 set up in the state emergency operations centre of the disaster management authority to know about the intensity of summer temperatures and other details in their respective mandals. While some place will witness heat waves, other places could witness gales, thunderbolts and thunderstorms.
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