IMD: Cyclone has intensified further and begun making landfall along AP and Yanam coasts

The cyclone moved north-northwestwards at a speed of 17 kmph during the past six hours and was centered at 7.30 pm about 90 km south of Kakinada, 110 km east of Machilipatnam, 210 km southwest of Visakhapatnam, and 450 km southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha).

IMD reported that the landfall process is continuing, with the system expected to bring wind speeds of 90–100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph and heavy to very heavy rainfall over the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and Yanam.