Cyclone Fengal will likely become a cyclonic storm, causing heavy to moderate rains in Tamil Nadu. Schools in 11 districts, including Chennai and Puducherry, will be shut on November 29 and November 30
Chennai, Nov 28 (ANI): Men look at the high tides lashing at Marina beach as Tamil Nadu braces for Cyclone Fengal, in Chennai on Thursday. (ANI Photo)(Lakshmi)
Cyclone ‘Fengal’, which is intensifying into a cyclonic storm after midnight on Thursday, is expected to bring heavy to moderate rains in the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu for the next 2–3 days.
The deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal would move nearly north-northwestwards, skirting Sri Lanka coast and intensify into a cyclonic storm, according to S Balachandran, Director, Regional Meteorological Centre.
By the morning of November 30, it will cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram
Here are top 10 updates on Chennai weather:
· The deep depression, which lay about 300 km southeast of Nagapattinam, 400 km southeast of Puducherry and 480 km southeast of Chennai, will become a cyclonic storm tonight or early tomorrow morning, but would weaken as a deep depression while crossing the coast between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram.
· “To cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram around the morning of November 30, as a deep depression with a wind speed of 50–60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph,” a bulletin from the weather office said.
· Tamil Nadu and Puducherry braced for very heavy rain with the possibility of the weather system crossing the coasts near Chennai.
· There is a possibility of marginal intensification of the deep depression into a cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 65–75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph over Southwest Bay of Bengal, Balachandran said.
· The National Disaster Response Force team inspected the vulnerable and low-lying areas in T R Patinam, Karaikal, focusing on risk assessment and safety measures, the NDRF said.
Schools closed in view of heavy rainfall
Schools in at least 11 districts of Tamil Nadu- Chennai, Chengalpattu, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam — are likely to remain closed today, November 29 due to heavy rainfall warning.
According to reports, in Chennai and Chengalpattu only schools will remain closed, while in other districts like Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Thiruvallur, Villupuram, and Puducherry, along with Karaikal, other educational institutions will also be shut.
In Puducherry and Karaikal, all government and government-aided schools, private schools and colleges will remain closed on November 29 and 30, said Education Minister A Namassivayam.
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