Cyclone Hudhud: In Pictures: October 12, 2014: Visakhapatnam (India): Bay of Bengal

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Cyclone Hudhud smashes through Visakhapatnam on Sunday (October 12, 2014) Image: IBT

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(Livemint Image) High waves lash the Ramakrishna beach in Visakhapatnam in the wake of Cyclone Hudhud. Photo: PTI

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Latest Cyclone Hudhud Update: Will Enter Visakhapatnam, Saturday Midnight, 11/10/2014 With 200 KPH Winds

Latest forecasts from the JTWC says that cyclone Hudhud will touch the Indian Andhra coast at midnight Saturday, October 11, 2014 with winds of 200 Kph, gusting up to 250 Kph.

The JTWC in its latest bulletin issued at 8:00 AM today says it is going to intensify rapidly and make landfall at Visakhapatnam on Sunday morning.

"FAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IMPROVE, ALLOWING TC 03B TO STEADILY INTENSIFY PRIOR TO LANDFALL NEAR VISAKHAPATNAM."

There is no doubt that the storm is going to hit the Andhra coast at Visakhapatnam. Odisha can take a sigh of relief. But some districts of the state will experience the strong winds of the cyclone. Entire Odisha will receive heavy rains in the next three days.We have dealt with how and where the storm will  affect the most in an earlier article.

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Latest Cyclone Hudhud Update: TARGET VISAKHAPATNAM, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 2014. WINDS 150 KPH PLUS

Satellite Image of Cyclone Hudhud taken at 2:30 PM (IST), Today (8/10/2014)

The target of intensifying Cyclone Hudhud has changed slightly. It was earlier the Andhra-Odisha border at Dharmavaram. Now latest forecasts say the cyclone is going to hit Visakhapatnam head-on on October 12, 2014, Sunday morning. The winds then will be a howling 150 KPH, gusting up to a massive 185 KPH.

The effects will be felt in Pondicherry in the south and Bhubaneshwar in  the north. But Vizag will face the brunt of the storm as the center of the storm is going to pass through it.

#CycloneHudhud is going to be a big storm. Just when it will be a few hundred kilometers from the coast (On Saturday, October 11, 2014) it will whip up winds of 175-225 Kph.But at the time of impact on Vizag, mercifully, the winds will have reduced to a 150-185 Kph.

The Americans would say it is a Category 2 tropical storm. Nothing to sneeze at.

Satellite image of the area around Visakhapatnam. The storm is coming.

JTWC Confirms Cyclone HUDHUD Will Hit Indian Caost North Of Visakhapatnam With 150-180 kph Winds

The US Navy's JTWC  (Joint Typhoon Warning Center) has confirmed that cyclone Hudhud will hit the Indian coast on the Odisha-Andhra Border (at Dharmavaram) on Sunday morning (October 12, 2014) IST.

The winds when the cyclone makes landfall will be 150 kph gusting up to 185 kph. Quite a big storm.

The JTWC calls it Tropical "Cyclone" 3B now

The JTWC says in its 8:30 AM (IST) Bulletin....

TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) 03B (THREE), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 589 NM SOUTH
OF CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH, HAS TRACKED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 12 
KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS.

The JTWC has already called it a "Tropical Cyclone" 3B. When is the IMD going to name it "Hudhud"? When?