Chennai, Dec 8 (UNI) The Cyclonic Storm “Mandous” pronounced as “ManDous”
over the Southwest Bay of Bengal, has been moving towards the North Tamil
Nadu coast andit would cross the coast between Puducherry and Sriharikota
tomorrow midnight.
Met office sources today said the Cyclonic Storm is now lay centred about
300 km east-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 420 km east-southeast
of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), 460 km east-southeast of Karaikal and about 550 km
southeast of Chennai.
It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and cross the north Tamil Nadu,
Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry
and Sriharikota with a maximum sustained wind speed of 65-75 kmph and
gusting to 85 kmph around midnight tomorrow.
People of the Chennai city and suburbs have started seeing the impact of the
cyclonic storm as the weather turned chill and blustery winds were blowing
on and off at about 40 to 50 kmph speed since today morning, which was
interspersed with slight rain and drizzles.
As North Coastal districts of Tamil Nadu is expected to receive heavy to very
heavy rainfall, with extremely heavy fall, the State government has put all the
district administration on high alert to meet any exigency and has opened more
than 5,000 relief camps in all the districts to house people evacuated from
low lying areas.
Revenue and Disaster Management Miniser KKSSR Ramachandran said
12 companies of NDRF and SDRF teams, comprising 390 personnel were
deployed in ten districts of the state, including in Nagapattinam, Thanjavur,
Tiruvarur, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Chennai, iruvallur, Kancheepuram,
Cgengalpattu and Villuppuram.
The state government control centre set up by the Revenue and Disasater
Management department is continuously monitoring the situation.
Met office said under the influence of the Cyclonic Storm, heavy to very heavy
rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai,
Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Pudukkottai districts of Tamil Nadu
and Karaikal.
Heavy rain is also likely to occur at isolated places over Kancheepuram,
Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Tiruchirappalli,
Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
today.
Tomorrow, heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with extremely heavy
rain at one or two places will occur over Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu
and Villupuram districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Tiruvallur,
Chennai, Ranipet, Vellore, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi and
Cuddalore districts of Tamil Nadu.
Heavy rain is also likely to occur at isolated places over Dharmapuri, Salem,
Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur,
Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai and Sivaganga
districts of Tamilnadu and Karaikal.
The Met Office has issued a Red Code warnng for Chennai, Kancheepuram,
Chengalpattu and Villuppuram districts of Tamil Nadu and for Puducherry for
tomorrow and Orange Code alert for Saturday.
On December 10, heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places
over Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Ranipet, Vellore,
Tiruvannamalai, Tirupattur, Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts of Tamil Nadu.
Heavy rain is also likely to occur at isolated places over Villupuram, Kallakurichi,
Salem, Erode and Nilgiris districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
On December 11 and 12, light to moderate rain at many places with isolated
thunderstorm and lightning is likely to occur over Tamilnadu, Puducherry and
Karaikal area.
Strong winds with speed reaching 50-60 kmph and gusting to 70 kmph likely
to prevail over northern parts of coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal
from tomorrow morning.
The wind speed will gradually increase to gale wind speed of the order
of 60-70 kmph and gusting to 80 kmph by the evening and continue till
December 10 early morning.
Strong winds with speed reaching 40-50 kmph and gusting to 60 kmph is
likely over southern parts of coastal Tamil Nadu.
The next 48 hr forecast for Chennai City and its neighbourhood is the sky
condition is likely to be generally cloudy. Heavy to very heavy rain is likely
to occur.
Strong winds with speed reaching 50-60 kmph and gusting to 70 kmph
is likely from tomorrow morning and the wind speed would gradually
increase to gale wind speed of the order of 60-70 kmph and gusting to
80 kmph by the evening till December 10 early morning.
Fishermen were advised to stay away from sea till December 10.
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