Nivar to cross T.N. coast as severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday evening
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As the climate disturbance continues to acquire power, the rain spell over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry could final until Nov. 27
Cyclone Nivar remained virtually stationary on Tuesday morning over southwest Bay of Bengal and is about 410 km east-southeast of Puducherry and 450 km southeast of Chennai.
It is probably going to intensify additional right into a severe cyclonic storm within the subsequent 24 hours and cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram round Puducherry on Wednesday evening with a wind pace of 100-110 kmph (kilometre per hour) gusting to 120 kmph, in accordance to the Meteorological Department.
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As the climate disturbance continues to acquire power, the rain spell over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry could final until November 27.
It could also be recalled that the system was transferring at a mean pace of 20 km per hour on Monday. However, its motion has lowered now. It is predicted to transfer west-northwestwards as soon as it varieties as a severe cyclonic storm after which northwestwards.
In the previous 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m., Tambaram recorded the day’s highest quantity of rainfall of 9 cm, adopted by Nungambakkam and MGR Nagar with 8 cm.
S. Balachandran, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Chennai, stated many locations in coastal districts and some inside locations could obtain average rains until Wednesday morning.
On Wednesday, when the cyclone is predicted to make landfall, coastal areas are anticipated to expertise widespread rains and lots of locations in inside districts could get average rains. Rains would proceed over Chennai and it may be heavy to very heavy depth in a single or two areas.
One or two locations in Karaikal, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai could obtain extraordinarily heavy rains of greater than 24.4 cm until Wednesday morning. Similarly, one or two locations in eight districts such as Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur would get heavy to very heavy rains until 24.4 cm.
While remoted heavy to very heavy rains could be anticipated in north coastal districts on Wednesday, the rainfall depth could also be extraordinarily heavy in a single or two areas in Puducherry, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Ariyalur, Kallakurichi, Perambalur, Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai on Wednesday.
Squally winds could blow at a pace of 100-110 km per hour generally gusting up to 120 kmph in Nagapattinam, Karaikal, Puducherry, Mayiladuthurai, Cuddalore, Villupuram and Chengalpet on Wednesday when cyclone approaches the coast.
In Tiruvarur, Kancheepuram, Chennai and Tiruvallur, squally winds could prevail at a pace of 80-90 km, generally gusting up to 100 kmph from Wednesday forenoon to evening, he stated.
The Meteorological division forecast tough sea situations until Wednesday evening and tidal wave of 1 metre peak could flood the low-level areas of north coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry close to the place of landfall.
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