Nov 29, 2024 03:23 PM IST
Authorities have put north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and south Andhra Pradesh on cyclone watch as Cyclone Fengal was anticipated to develop on Friday and more likely to cross the coast between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram as a cyclonic storm with a wind pace of 70-80 km per hour gusting to 90 km per hour on Saturday afternoon.
A deep melancholy earlier intensified very slowly even because the India Metrological Division (IMD)’s preliminary forecast stated it could intensify into Cyclone Fengal on Wednesday night. The cyclone was anticipated to proceed to maneuver in direction of the Tamil Nadu coast and weaken marginally earlier than landfall right into a deep melancholy. The IMD stated the wind pace throughout landfall was anticipated to be round 55 to 60 km per hour.
The timeline was modified because it was anticipated to become the cyclone on Friday. The deep melancholy over Southwest Bay of Bengal was about 270 km north-northeast of Trincomalee, 300 km east of Nagapattinam, 340 km east-southeast of Puducherry, and 380 km southeast of Chennai.
“It’s more likely to transfer northwestwards and intensify right into a cyclonic storm…Thereafter, it’s more likely to proceed to maneuver northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram near Puducherry as a cyclonic storm with a wind pace of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph…” IMD stated on Friday.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extraordinarily heavy rain was very doubtless at remoted locations in north Tamil Nadu and Rayalaseema, south Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Yanam on Saturday. Heavy to very heavy rainfall at remoted locations was very doubtless in inside Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Heavy rainfall was doubtless at remoted locations in Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, and Rayalaseema over the weekend.
Squally wind speeds reaching 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph have been anticipated in Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts.
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