New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- The landfall process of severe cyclonic storm Murasu began close to Ongole in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. A major part of the cyclone's wall cloud had entered land, and its eye was entering the coast, they added.

According to the Met department, the cyclone made landfall around 1 am on Tuesday, bringing heavy rainfall and gale winds reaching up to 110 kmph, with gusty winds up to 120 kmph.

"The landfall process commenced at 0100 hours IST on November 3. The forward sector of the wall cloud is entering the coast, while the wall cloud region is very close to the coast," the IMD's official press release said.

The cyclone was centred...