The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘ HUDHUD ’ over west central Bay of Bengal moved north westwards , intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and lay
centered at 1 4 30 hrs IST of today, the 10th October 2014 near latitude 15.0 ºN and longitude 86.8 ºE about 470 km east - southeast of Visakhapatnam and 5 2 0 km south - southeast of Gopalpur . The system would move west - northwestwards and cross n orth Andhra Pradesh coast around Visakhapatnam
by the forenoon of 12 th October 2014. Download IMD Press Release released, 10 Oct 2014 on Cyclone Hudhud.

According to this seasonal climate outlook for South Asia for the period February-April 2014 by the Indian Meteorological Department, temperatures in the next four months are likely to be higher than normal over most parts of South Asia. On monthly scale, the month of April is likely to be wetter than normal over most parts of south Asia.

These are highligths of the end-of-the-season Southwest monsoon report for 2013 published by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

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