Chennai is expected to experience heavy to very heavy rains as Cyclone Nivar is expected to make landfall between Mamallapuram and Karaikal on Wednesday noon or late afternoon.
Precipitation of 6 to 10 cm is expected, said a report in the times of india. As the weather system is too far away, Monday will be mostly cloudy with light drizzle. It will begin to rain on Tuesday as the cyclone approaches shore. When it begins to make landfall on Wednesday, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Puducherry and Chennai are forecast to see heavy rains.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that in the next 12 hours, a well-marked low pressure in the Bay of Bengal closer to the coast of Tamil Nadu will intensify into a depression and turn into a cyclonic storm in the next few 24 hours. moving at a speed of 18 km / h towards the coast.
The deputy director of the regional meteorological center in Chennai S Balachandran said that the rain would start in the coastal districts on Monday and intensify step by step, adding that on Tuesday and Wednesday, some areas of the coast would receive heavy and very heavy rains.
Balachandran warned fishermen not to venture out to sea until November 25 and said there were chances of heavy rains starting in the city and its suburbs on Tuesday.
The well-marked low pressure is located 700 km from Karaikal and 760 km from Chennai and will skirt the coast of Sri Lanka and move northwest to reinforce the coast of Tamil Nadu.
Iran, called Cyclone Nivar, is moving at a good speed, a meteorology official said. Low pressure is rapidly turning into depression, in 12 hours instead of the 24 hours expected earlier.
Alert sounded in Nagapattinam, Karaikal
As Cyclone Nivar heads towards the Tamil Nadu coast, the Nagapattinam district administration has advised fishermen to keep their boats safe to avoid damage. the new indian express reports.
All Nagapattinam departments are on high alert, including finance, disaster management, police, forestry, health services and rural development. All fishermen were asked to return to shore immediately.
Authorities are also concerned that Cyclone Nivar could drift slightly in their direction, like Cyclone Gaja, potentially putting the southern half of the Nagapattinam district at risk.
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