Cyclonic circulation over bay weakens, Met office withdraws Red Alert for Chennai

Chennai, Oct 18 (UNI) The Met office on Sunday evening withdrew the Red Alert (extreme rainfall of over 20 cm rains) issued for Chennai for Sunday due to weakening of the cyclonic circulation over the North Chennai coast and cloud development, while scaling it down to Yellow alert (around 10 cm rains). In an update, it said the weakening of the cyclonic circulation over the West-Central Bay of Bengal (WCB) and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coast, cloud development has significantly weakened along the north Chennai coast. Consequently, no very heavy rainfall is expected over Chennai during the next 24 hours.…