Cyclone Nivar is likely to intensify and become an extremely severe cyclonic storm over the next 12 hours.
Cyclone Nivar has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and focused 320 kilometers off the coast of Puducherry and 380 kilometers off the coast of Chennai in the Bay of Bengal as of Wednesday morning, the Chennai Regional Meteorological Center said. . The cyclone is currently moving at a rate of 6 km / h, and is expected to make landfall between Karaikkal in Puducherry and Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu sometime between the night of November 25 and the early hours of November 26.
The Director of the S Balachander Regional Meteorological Center, addressing the media on Wednesday, said: “Cyclone Nivar has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm located to the south-southwest 320 kms from Puducherry and 380 kms from the Chennai coast. . The cyclone travels at a speed of 6 km and by noon, the cyclone will become an extremely severe cyclone and will move from east to southeast and will cross near Puducherry and Mamallapuram on November 25 at night. “
“The winds will blow at 120-130 km / h and can reach gusts of up to 145 km / h, and extremely heavy to very heavy rains will be recorded in Puducherry, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruchy, Vizhupuram and Tiruvannamalai. Wind speed will be around 80-90 km / h in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Thiruvarur, Thiruvallur and Chengalpattu, ”he said.
The Director of RMC said: “The rain will continue and increase step by step. We are receiving rain from the outer band and as the eye of the cyclone approaches, we will receive more rain. ”
The Chennai Regional Meteorological Center said Nungambakkam has received 14 cm of rain and Meenambakkam recorded 12 cm of rain on Tuesday.
Weather blogger Pradeep John said Cyclone Nivar is complex and will cross between Puducherry and Chennai on the night of November 25 to November 26 in the morning. He also predicted that Cyclone may intensify and become stronger than Cyclone Gaja. Chennai, Puducherry and the surrounding areas will experience gusty winds on November 26 in the morning, it said.
“Extremely heavy rains will be experienced in the Cuddalore, Puducherry, Villupuram and Chengalpattu areas. Very heavy rains will be reported in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ranipet, Kallakurichi, Tiruvannamalai and Vellore, ”said weather blogger Pradeep John.
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