CHENNAI: Chennai and adjoining areas experienced strong winds and heavy rains, cyclone styler towards tamil nadu coastal.
S Balachandran, deputy director of the Regional Meteorological Centre, said the cyclone is likely to pass over the land near Puducherry later tonight. “It is currently moving at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour and is located 100 kilometers southeast of Chennai. Its speed will slow down as it approaches the coast and makes landfall,” he said.
IMD has extended severe to very severe heavy rain A warning (orange alert) was issued on Sunday for Chennai and 13 districts, including the city’s three neighbors Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chengelpet districts.
Yellow alert for heavy rainfall has been issued for eight districts including Vellore, Tirupattur, Krishnagiri, Erode, Nilgiris, Namakkal, Tiruchirappalli and Pudukottai for tomorrow.
In the five hours from 8.30 am to 1.30 pm, Nungambakkam recorded 97 mm, Meenambakkam 102 mm, Mamallapuram 70 mm, VIT Chennai 74 mm, Jaya Engineering 80 mm, NIOT Palliapanai 73 mm, Y
Balachandran said the city received rainfall overnight and the Nungambakkam observatory recorded the strongest wind gusts reaching 50 kmph. In the three hours between 5.30 and 8.30 am, the Nungambakkam observatory recorded 45 millimeters or 4 centimeters of rainfall.
