IMD issues heavy rainfall warning for four districts in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Dec 3:
The depression over the Bay of Bengal on Saturday intensified into a deep depression and is likely to become a cyclone within 24 hours before crossing the Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Machilipatnam on December 5, IMD said.
Several places in Southern and coastal Odisha are likely to experience rainfall from December 3 to December 7 because of this.
If the system intensifies into a cyclone, it will be called ‘Michaung’, a name suggested by Myanmar.
The India Meteorological Department has issued a heavy rainfall warning for four districts in Tamil Nadu.
As per IMD, heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts for the next 24 hours.
Also, Moderate rain with light thunderstorms and lighting is very likely to occur in many places over these districts.
According to the IMD data, Chennai Nungambakkam has recorded 5.88 cm rainfall in the last 24 hours while Chennai Meenambakkam has recorded 7.12 cm rainfall.
Heavy rainfall pounded several parts of the city after a well-marked low-pressure area concentrated into a depression over the southeast, adjoining the Southwest Bay of Bengal on Friday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted a cyclonic storm to cross South Andhra Pradesh and the adjoining North Tamil Nadu coast, between Chennai and Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, around December 4 evening.
Further, as per the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai, heavy rainfall continued over various places in Tiruvallur, especially in the coastal areas of Palaverkadu, Ponneri, Gummidipoondi, Periyapalayam, Sholavaram and others, since Saturday morning.
Amid the prevailing wet weather in the district, Tiruvallur Collector Prabhushankar visited an NDRF camp and briefed the personnel about the impending Cyclone Michaung and the state’s preparedness for it.
SDRF Team
More than a 100-member State Disaster Response Team who arrived in Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram district on Sunday is gearing up to face any imminent threat as Cyclone Michaung is expected to make landfall on December 5 in coastal Andhra.
The cyclone is brewing in the Bay of Bengal and is likely to cross the coasts of northern Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh around December 4 evening
