Cyclone Gulab Highlights: IMD issues red alert for 14 districts in Telangana as rains lash state

A fisherman from Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh was killed, one injured and another remained missing as the cyclonic storm Gulab crossed the Bay of Bengal coast off Kalingapatnam on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, IMD has informed that the cyclone crossed the coast about 20 km north of Kalingapatnam as a cyclonic storm.

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Rains lash parts of Telangana, IMD issues red alert for 14 districts

Rains pounded different parts of Telangana on Monday, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that heavy to very heavy rains with extremely heavy rains are expected at isolated places in different districts of the state over the next 24 hours.

The IMD, which issued a red alert for 14 districts in the state, warned that heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places in Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagityal, Rajanna Sircilla, Karimnagar, Peddapally, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Warangal (Rural), Warangal (Urban), Janagaon, Siddipet, Kamareddy districts today. (PTI)

No major impact of cyclone Gulab in Odisha: Govt

The Odisha government on Monday said cyclone Gulab did not have much impact on the state following its landfall in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh but road connectivity was partially affected due to landslides and uprooting of trees in some places of Gajapati, Koraput and Malkangiri districts.

Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said administrations of seven cyclone-hit districts - Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur - have been asked to submit damage assessment reports in the next five days. (PTI)

IMD issues alert for parts of Telangana, Gujarat

Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain to occur in parts of UP and Rajasthan over the next 2 hours

Deep Depression over south Odisha and adjoining south Chhattisgarh about 90 km southeast of Jagdalpur

Cylone Gulab: NDRF at clearance work in Odisha

Gulab likely to move nearly westwards and weaken further into a depression during next 12 hours

Over the next three days, the sea condition will be rough to very rough and fishermen in Odisha, West Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh have been asked to not venture into the east-central and adjoining the northeast Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

Police personnel and locals at a site after a tree fell down due to heavy winds induced by Cyclone Gulab, in Srikakulam district, Sunday, September26, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo

Cyclonic storm weakens into a deep depression

1 fisherman killed, 1 injured, 1 missing in Andhra Pradesh cyclone

A fisherman from Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh was killed, one injured and another remained missing as the cyclonic storm Gulab crossed the Bay of Bengal coast off Kalingapatnam on Sunday evening.

(PTI)

Cyclone Gulab makes landfall in Andhra Pradesh; Odisha experiences light rain

Odisha on Sunday experienced light to moderate rainfall as cyclone Gulab made landfall at a place in Andhra Pradesh, about 95 kilometres from Gopalpur in the state where a large number of people have been evacuated as a precautionary measure, officials said.

The wind speed of the cyclone is much less in Odisha compared to that in the neighbouring state during landfall.

Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said after 12 noon of Sunday, the cyclonic storm suddenly picked up speed and moved over the Bay of Bengal towards the landmass at 25 kilometres per hour (kmph) from the earlier 17 kmph and made the landfall three hours ahead of the expected time.

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Commuters walk on the street amid rain in Ranchi, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo

6 Andhra Pradesh fishermen missing as cyclone Gulab inches closer to coast

Six fishermen from Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra Pradesh were reported missing in Bay of Bengal on Sunday evening as the cyclonic storm Gulab moved closer to the shore and is likely to make landfall around midnight.

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