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The rough seas off the Chennai coast of Ennore did not deter some young people from living on the edge, literally Photo: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic did not deter many from desperately fleeing Chennai, packing buses after the Tamil Nadu government announced the suspension of bus services …

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 …

As Cyclone Nivar is expected to make landfall on the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, heavy rains hit various parts of the state, including Chennai, on Tuesday. As a precautionary measure, the state government declared a holiday on Wednesday. The cyclone is expected to make landfall between Mamallapuram …

LIVE Updates from Cyclone Nivar: As Cyclonic Storm Nivar approaches India and brings heavy rains in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, authorities have taken action. While the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Tamil Nadu, Section 144 was imposed in Puducherry for the next three days. The regional …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that he spoke with top ministers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and secured all possible support from the Center in light of severe cyclonic storm Nivar. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said: “I spoke with Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and …

RMC Chennai has forecast moderate rains along with thunderstorms in Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Karaikal on Monday. On Tuesday, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Ariyalur and Karaikal are likely to experience extremely heavy rains and Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Vizhupuram, Cuddalore, Perambalur, Tiruchy, Pudukottai and Puducherry will receive very heavy to heavy …

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 …

CHENNAI: With memories of the damage caused by Cyclone ‘Vardah’ in the city and neighboring districts still renovated, government departments are preparing contingency plans to face cyclone ‘Nivar’. The meteorological department has said that Nivar could make landfall on Wednesday. The Regional Meteorological Center has forecast wind speeds in the …

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Meteorological Department of India (IMD) has issued an ‘orange’ advisory (be prepared) to the disaster management authorities of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in view of the development cyclonic storm Nivar over the Bay of Bengal. The impact of the storm would begin Tuesday with cloudy weather to light …

Sea conditions would be rough and wind speeds are likely to increase gradually from Nov. 22, the Met department bulletin said. Various weather models and forecasters have predicted that, as of Tuesday, northern parts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and as far as Cuddalore and beyond, are likely …