Ranipet, Nov. 2 -- Three teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), 4th battalion, have been deployed from Tamil Nadu to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to spearhead rescue and relief operations following the landfall of Cyclone Murasu.

According to NDRF, three teams from the 4th battalion, stationed at Nagarikuppam near Arakkonam in Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu, departed for Andhra Pradesh to undertake disaster response and rescue operations in the wake of Cyclone Murasu.

The development comes after the weather agency stated that the storm is very likely to continue moving northwestwards and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast as a severe cyclonic storm

Meanwhile, Cyclonic Storm Murasu intensified into a severe cyclonic storm ...