Chennai woke as much as torrential rain on Friday underneath the affect of a extreme cyclonic storm ‘Mandous’. Not less than 4 flights from the tamil Nadu capital have been cancelled and several other others have been delayed because the storm strikes west-northwestwards in direction of Puducherry and Sriharikota.
Mandous is anticipated to cross the coast of north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh round or after midnight at a windspeed of 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph, in response to Indian Meteorological Division.
Movies on the web confirmed individuals traversing via robust winds and heavy rainfall in Chennai. Instructional establishments in a number of districts in Tamil Nadu remained closed in view of the ‘crimson alert’ warning by IMD.
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In Puducherry too, all faculties and faculties have been declared shut for 2 days, Puducherry schooling minister A Namassivayam introduced.
As of this morning, Mandous lay centred round 270 km off Chennai coast. The climate division mentioned it is going to weaken right into a cyclonic storm within the subsequent few hours.
A storm warning sign flag ‘Quantity 5’ has been hoisted on the Puducherry port and fisherfolk have been suggested to remain out of the ocean. Earlier, chief minister N Rangasamy held discussions with Income and Catastrophe Administration Division officers to take inventory of the cyclone preparedness.
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