Cyclone Michaung Live Tracking: How To Get Real Time Updates? Track Its Path Here

The India Meteorological Department on Monday said that the cyclonic storm 'Michaung' over the Bay of Bengal is active and will intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm by this evening.

The cyclonic storm over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards, intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over the Westcentral and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts and lay centered on December 4 at 8.30 am over the same region, about 90 km east-northeast of Chennai, 170 km southeast of Nellore, 200 km northeast of Puducherry, 300 km south-southeast of Bapatla and 320 km south of Machilipatnam.

As per the weather-monitoring agencym it is likely to intensify gradually and move nearly northwards almost parallel and close to south Andhra Pradesh coast and cross South Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Machilipatnam, close to Bapatla during forenoon of 5th December as a severe Cyclonic Storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph.

States that are Affected

North coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema, Telangana and Odisha.

Weather Alerts For The Affected States

North Coastal Tamil Nadu & Puducherry:

Expect light to moderate rainfall at most places on December 4th, with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls.
Isolated heavy rainfall is expected on December 5th, decreasing afterward.

Coastal Andhra Pradesh:

• Anticipate light to moderate rainfall at most places on December 4th, with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy falls in isolated areas over coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam.
• Exceptionally heavy rainfall may occur in some places over south coastal Andhra Pradesh on December 4th and over north coastal and adjoining south coastal Andhra Pradesh on December 5th.
• Isolated heavy rainfall is likely on December 6th in north coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Rayalaseema:

Expect light to moderate rainfall at many places on December 4th, with isolated heavy to extremely heavy falls. Isolated heavy rainfall is expected on December 5th, decreasing thereafter.

Telangana:

Light to moderate rainfall is likely at a few places on December 4th, increasing to most places with isolated heavy to extremely heavy rainfall on December 5th.

Odisha:

Light to moderate rainfall is anticipated at most places from December 4th to 6th over south Coastal and adjoining south Interior Odisha, with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall on December 5th.

Can we track the cyclone's path?

Netizens can get real-time updates on cyclone movements by following Zoom Earth.

Also, people can track the path of the potential cyclonic storm on WindRadar. Similarly, you can get updates on rainviewers.com, cyclocane.com, etc.

These websites give valuable details about areas impacted by cyclones and is easily accessible through mobile phones or computers. It also presents data on wind, pressure, temperature, humidity changes, and barometric pressure charts, giving users a comprehensive understanding of the cyclone's dynamics.