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A zone of low pressure has formed over the southern Andaman Sea, adjacent to the southeastern areas of the Bay of Bengal and the equatorial Indian Ocean, almost the same region where the very severe cyclone ‘Nivar’ had occurred the week passed and happened to cross the Coast of Puducherry …

Express News Service CHENNAI: Despite the funding sanction, the authorities did not take over the drainage of Lake Chembarambakkam over the years, and experts say this was the main reason why water had to be released from the reservoir on Wednesday. Officials from the Public Works Department confirm that at …

According to the bulletin released by the IMD at 4.30pm on Wednesday, Cyclone Nivar has moved at a speed of 16 kilometers per hour for the last six hours. As Chennai continues to witness heavy rains accompanied by strong winds, the Chennai traffic police have decided to close all major …

CHENNAI: Several parts of Chennai were flooded when rain hit the city on Wednesday. According to Greater Chennai Corporation, stagnant water was reported at 53 locations in the city. Some neighborhoods reported power outages due to downed trees. The authorities have started evacuating people in vulnerable places and are transferring …

CHENNAI: IndiGo has canceled 24 flights – 12 arrivals and 12 departures – in Chennai due to heavy rains caused by cyclone Nivar, which is scheduled to make landfall around Puducherry on Wednesday night. Most of them are flights using small ATR-72 aircraft. Canceled departures 6E7143 to Trichy at 7 …

By Express News Service CHENNAI: With Cyclone Nivar bringing heavy rain to Chennai since Monday night, Lake Chembarambakkam received an influx of almost 200 cusecs of water. The lake is now 79% full. The storage level stands at 2,913 mcft compared to its total capacity of 3,645 mcft. “Although it …

By: Express News Service | Chennai | Updated: November 24, 2020 5:38:36 pm According to the Indian Meteorological Department, it is highly likely that it will rain in most places in Tamil Nadu, Puduchery and Karaikal, with heavy to very heavy rains in some places and extremely heavy rains in …

Written by Anjali Marar | Pune | Updated: November 23, 2020 9:45:06 pm The projected track of the system likely to intensify in a severe cyclonic storm. (Source: IMD) In a week, the second cyclone is taking shape in the northern Indian Ocean region. The Bay of Bengal will see …

Written by Anjali Marar | Pune | Updated: November 23, 2020 4:32:38 pm It will be the second cyclone to form in the Bay of Bengal in 2020 after Super Cyclone Amphan crossed the West Bengal coast in May. (Express file photo: Srinivas K) Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka are …

The Met department also said there is a cyclonic circulation in northern Tamil Nadu, the Andhra Pradesh coast and the neighborhood at the lower and middle tropospheric levels. When Chennai and its suburbs woke up to heavy rains Thursday morning due to the northeast monsoon, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) …