Vijayawada: The severe cyclonic storm Michaung is likely make landfall in between Bapatla and Machilipatnam on Tuesday morning. The Andhra Pradesh Government declared holiday to schools and colleges on 5^th December due to heavy rains.

According to IMD sources eight coastal districts in Andhra Pradesh were declared high alert i.e., Tirupati, Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla, Krishna, West Godavari, Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema and Kakinada.

The cyclone, located over West central and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts, moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph and lay centered over west central Bay of Bengal at 8.30 pm on Monday. It is likely to intensify gradually and move nearly northward almost parallel and close to the south Andhra coast before making landfall. The wind speed of the storm at the time of landfall is likely to be 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph.

Nellore and Tirupati districts received an average rainfall of 6 cm and 12 cm respectively in the past 24 hours.  Manubolu in Nellore district recorded the highest rainfall of 15.4 cm, followed by Chillakur (12.8 cm), Satyavedu (12.7 cm), Naidupeta (12 cm) and Srikalahasti (11.4 cm), all in Tirupati district.

The heavy rains will receive in a few parts of Konaseema and West Godavari districts.  The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places in coastal districts with extremely heavy falls at isolated places on Tuesday.