A "very severe cyclonic storm" is likely to hit Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast by October 12 and unleash heavy rainfall and gusty winds with speed upto 155 kmph, the Met department said on Wednesday.
The Cyclone 'Hudhud' crossed the area between Port Blair and Long Island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipalego on Wednesday, with winds gusting at 67 kmph.
"It will cross east coast between Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Gopalpur in Odisha on the noon of October 12. The wind speed range is expected to be 130-140 kmph and may gust upto 155 kmph," Indian Meteorological director general Laxman Singh Rathore in Delhi.
He, however, added that no landfall point of the cyclone has been zeroed in so far and it is likely to remain over sea.
