Naval, fishing communities warned against venturing into deep sea as cyclone Murasu intensifies

Daily Mirror, Newswire and Ada Derana report that Cyclone Murasu reached India. Daily Mirror says it struck the country’s eastern shoreline on Tuesday, marking the second storm to affect the area within a week, and reports that authorities moved thousands of people to safety.

Newswire reports that Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology issued a warning at 10.30 a.m. on the 3rd, in effect for 24 hours, for maritime areas affected by Murasu. It says winds could reach 65–75 km/h at times, with thunderstorms and very high seas. Naval personnel and fishing communities were advised to exercise caution, particularly crews of multi-day fishing boats in deep waters of the Bay of Bengal.

Daily Mirror reports that the department advised fishing and naval communities not to enter certain deep-sea areas around Sri Lanka after Murasu strengthened into a severe cyclone. Ada Derana reports that fishermen were urged to head back to shore as the storm intensified. Tamilmirror’s headline says 19 flights were cancelled as Murasu approached Andhra Pradesh.

Newswire reports that the system was forecast to travel north-northwest and weaken progressively: to a cyclonic storm by 11.30 a.m. on the 3rd, a deep depression by 11.30 p.m., a depression later that night, and a well-marked low-pressure area by 5.30 a.m. on the 4th.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.