Cyclone Michaung weakens into deep depression, says IMD

The severe cyclonic storm Michaung, which caused extensive damage in parts of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, has now diminished into a depression and shifted northward, according to a meteorological official on Wednesday. The weather system is expected to move northwards and further weaken into a well marked low pressure area in the next six hours, the official said.

The official added that in the last six hours until 5:30 am, it traveled at a speed of 11 km per hour and is currently centered over northeast Telangana, adjoining south Chhattisgarh, south interior Odisha, and coastal Andhra Pradesh.

The deep depression (remnant of cyclonic storm Michaung) over central coastal Andhra Pradesh moved nearly northwards with a speed of 11 kmph during the past six hours, weakened into a depression and lay centred at 5:30 am on December 6 near latitude 17.4 degrees north and longitude 80.5 degrees east,” Amaravati Meteorological Centre head Stella Kiran told PTI.

The weather system is about 50 km east to northeast of Khammam, 110 km north to northeast of Gannavaram and 250 km south of Jagdalpur. Under the influence of the depression, the Meteorological Department forecast heavy rainfall, 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm, for the districts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Konaseema and Eluru.