The first cyclonic storm this season to hit the Indian coast will cross the shores of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
It is likely to bring extremely heavy rains to Tamil Nadu, Rayalseema and adjacent areas.
The depression over the southwest and contiguous southeast of the Bay of Bengal moved almost northwest in the last six hours and was centered about 600 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 630 km south-southeast of Chennai. “It is very likely that it will intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next 24 hours, moving northwest and crossing the shores of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry between Karaikal and Mamallapuram around November 25 in the afternoon,” IMD said in its newsletter of Monday.
Fishermen have been warned not to venture into the equatorial Indian Ocean and the contiguous south central parts of the Bay of Bengal on November 22; over the southwest and along the west-central Bay of Bengal, the Gulf of Mannar and along and off the coasts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and southern Andhra Pradesh during November 22-25. “We expect extremely heavy rains throughout Tamil Nadu, Rayalseema region. There may be some damage due to strong winds and rain when the storm moves inland, ”said RK Jenamani, senior scientist at the National Weather Forecast Center.
The very severe cyclonic storm Gati, which developed over the Arabian Sea, became a severe cyclonic storm over Somalia. Gati, which made landfall in northern Somalia, moved west at a speed of approximately 9 km / h for the past six hours and weakened to a cyclonic storm over the same region and was centered at 150 km south-southwest of Ras Binnah (Somalia). It is very likely that it will move almost to the west and gradually weaken into a deep depression over the next six hours, IMD added in its morning newsletter.
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