Cyclone Murasu to cross South Coastal AP; red alert issued for two Telangana districts

Hyderabad, Nov 2 (UNI) Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Murasu' over the west-central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 25 kmph during the past six hours and lay centred at 5.30 am on Monday near latitude 13.9°N and longitude 81.8°E, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclone was located about 200 km east-northeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 210 km east-southeast of Nellore, 270 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam, 220 km east-southeast of Kavali and 260 km southeast of Ongole in Andhra Pradesh. The IMD said the cyclone was very likely to move northwestwards and cross…