Cyclone Murasu update by the IMD says, the Depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Andaman Sea moved west-northwestwards.
It is moving with a speed of 30 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of today, the 31st October, 2026 over southeast Bay of Bengal.
It lies near Latitude 10.5°N and Longitude 88.6°E, about 960 km east-southeast of Chennai (Chennai), 980 km southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 1030 km southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 1080 km east-southeast of Ongole (Andhra Pradesh).
It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a deep depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal by midnight of today, into a Cyclonic Storm called Cyclone Murasu over the same region on 1st November and into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over West central Bay of Bengal on 2nd November.
It is very likely to reach over west central Bay of Bengal near south Andhra Pradesh coast by early hours of 3rd November and cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 100 to 110 kmph gusting 120kmph between Nellore and Narsapur by morning of 3rd November 2026.
