Cyclones in Telangana

Cyclone Murasu, the ninth Bay of Bengal system of 2026 (BOB 09), formed as a Depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal at 1130 IST on 31 October 2026 near 10.0°N, 90.2°E, about 330 km west-southwest of Sri Vijayapuram. Moving west-northwestwards, it intensified into a Deep Depression and then Cyclonic Storm Murasu on 1 November, and into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over the westcentral Bay of Bengal on 2 November. Slowing to 8-9 km/h as it neared land, it crossed the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur, close to Ongole (near 15.5°N, 80.2°E), between 0330 and 0530 IST on 3 November as a Severe Cyclonic Storm, with maximum sustained winds of 100-110 km/h gusting to 120 km/h, an estimated central pressure of about 995 hPa and IMD warning of a 1.0-1.5 m storm surge over Bapatla, Krishna and Prakasam districts. Bapatla recorded 22 cm of rain in the 24 hours to 0830 IST on 3 November. Over land it moved slowly north-northwestwards and was still a Severe Cyclonic Storm 40 km west of Bapatla at 1130 IST on 3 November; IMD forecasts it to weaken into a Cyclonic Storm that afternoon, a Deep Depression around midnight and a Depression by the morning of 4 November. The name Murasu was proposed by India and means "drum" in Tamil.