Severe cyclonic storm Nivar is likely to cross the Tamil Nadu coast between Karaikal and Mamallapuram in the southern state on Wednesday. Nivar, the first cyclonic storm to hit the Indian coast this season, will have a wind speed of 100 to 110 km / h with gusts of 120 km / h and will bring extremely heavy rains to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The meteorological office has said that the depression over the southwest and adjacent to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal has moved to the west-northwest and is centered about 520 km east-southeast of Puducherry and 560 km southeast of Chennai. M Mohapatra, director general of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), said on Monday that Nivar is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next 24 hours.
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Authorities have said that Nivar is an Iranian name and comes from a list of names suggested by the 13 northern Indian Ocean countries affected by cyclones in the region.
This is what you can expect under the influence of Nivar:
1. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely to occur in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal from Tuesday to Thursday and on the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh, Rayalseema and Telangana during Wednesday and Thursday.
2. Extremely heavy rains are also highly likely over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Tuesday and Wednesday, over the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh and over Rayalseema on Wednesday and Thursday, and over Telangana on Thursday.
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3. The wind speed of 55-65 km / h with gusts of 75 km / h prevails over the southwest and along the southeast of the Bay of Bengal. It would gradually increase to 65-75 km / h with gusts of 85 km / h in the southwest and along the west-central Bay of Bengal as of Tuesday morning. It would rise further to 100-110 km / h with gusts of 120 km / h over the southwest of the Bay of Bengal from Wednesday morning for the next 12 hours.
4. As of Tuesday morning, a wind speed of 45-55 km / h with gusts of 65 km / h would prevail along and off Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and along the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh and over the Gulf of Mannar. It will gradually increase to 100-110 km / h with gusts of 120 km / h along and out of the northern coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (Nagapattinam, Karaikal, Myladuthurai, Cuddalore, Puducherry, Villupuram and the districts of Chengalpattu), 80-90 gusts of 100 km / h most likely over Tiruvarur. , Kanchipuram, Chennai, Tiruvallaur districts from Wednesday morning to
12 hours later.
5. Hurricane force winds reaching between 65 and 75 km / h with gusts of up to 85 km / h most likely over the west-central Bay of Bengal and along and off the Nellore and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh, in the gulf of mannar
and throughout and outside the districts of the South Tamil Nadu coastal districts from Wednesday morning for the next 12 hours.
6. Sea conditions are likely to be ‘high’ to ‘very high’, with waves of 6 to 14 meters, along the shores of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Wednesday. A one meter high tidal wave above the astronomical tide is also expected on Wednesday during landing.
7. Fishermen have been asked not to venture into the contiguous southwest and central-west and southeast of the Bay of Bengal, the Gulf of Mannar and the coasts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and southern Andhra Pradesh from Monday to Tuesday. Those at sea have been asked to return to shore and avoid these maritime areas.
8. The meteorological office has warned of significant damage to thatched houses or shacks with the possibility of roofs flying off and loose metal sheets flying off. There could be damage to power and communication lines, he added. There could be significant damage to paved roads and some damage to unpaved roads and flooding from escape routes. Tree branches could break and trees on large avenues could be uprooted. There could be serious damage to banana and papaya trees, horticulture and crops and orchards and major damage to coastal crops and embankments and salt flats, he said.
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