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Heavy rainfall lashed parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh on Friday. Cyclone Phailin is expected to hit the state tomorrow. Currently winds are touching a high speed of 220 km per hour.
The Army, Navy and Air Force are on standby in both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh for emergency and relief operations. Substantial to overwhelming rainfall is probably going to happen at isolated places in every one of the regions of Coastal Andhra Pradesh while light to direct rain/thundershowers may happen at a couple of places over beach front Andhra Pradesh in the following two days.
Affected by an upper air cyclonic course finished northwest Bay of Bengal, a low weight region has framed over northwest Bay of Bengal and abutting waterfront Odisha. Related upper air cyclonic course reaches out up to 9.5 km above mean ocean level tilting southwestwards with height.
The east west shear zone runs generally along scope 14.0°N at 7.6 km above mean ocean level. The trough on ocean level diagram now keeps running from the framework to south Tamil Nadu crosswise over seaside AP and Rayalaseema.
For August 19 and 20, the IMD has given cautioning of substantial to overwhelming rainfall in isolated places. The city got great showers on Friday from morning giving some help from the high humidity.
Lakhs of government employees in Andhra Pradesh from other departments who have been on strike have also said that they will help with any relief and rehabilitation work by temporarily returning to work if the cyclone hits.