Cyclone Fengal forming...!! Orange alert for chennai for 3 days!!
As the deep depression is likely to intensify into a cyclone tomorrow, a heavy rain warning has been issued for the coastal areas of tamil Nadu including chennai for the next few days. The deep depression is centered 800 kilometers south-southeast of Chennai. In the last 6 hours, the deep depression was moving at a speed of 12 kilometers per hour. The depression is centered about 590 kilometers south-southeast of Nagapattinam and 710 kilometers south-southeast of Puducherry. The deep depression is expected to intensify into a cyclone. It is also predicted that it may cross the coast in the areas adjacent to Chennai. This time, according to the naming system for cyclones forming in the South indian Ocean, the name FENGAL, proposed by Saudi Arabia, will be given to this storm.
Thus, the chennai Meteorological Department has informed that the four districts of chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, and Chengalpattu may receive moderate rains and heavy to very heavy rains in a few places for three days. Following this, an orange alert has been issued in chennai, Tiruvarur, Kanchipuram, and Chengalpattu districts. The Meteorological Department has said that 31 districts are likely to receive rain in the next 3 hours. It has been raining continuously in the urban and suburban areas of chennai for more than two hours. Rainwater has accumulated in various parts and roads of Chennai. The public is facing severe difficulties due to this. Due to excessive water accumulation on OMR roads, traffic has also been severely affected. Traffic has also been diverted in various parts of Chennai. However, it has been reported that no rainwater has accumulated in any tunnels. At the same time, information has been released that 7 flights have been delayed in landing at the chennai airport due to bad weather. The sea wave may rise up to 3.7 meters (Nov. 27). The indian National Centre for Ocean Information services (INCOIS) has issued a warning of storm surge and sea erosion. INCOIS has also issued a sea surge warning for the coastal areas of Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kanchipuram, and Nagapattinam (North) districts.
Earlier, very heavy rain was predicted at one or two places in the delta districts of Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur, and Karaikal. Due to this, a red alert was issued for these districts. Due to this, holidays were declared for schools and colleges in these districts and Karaikal. At the same time, holidays were declared for schools in thanjavur district. Currently, the National Disaster Response Force is rushing to the delta districts following the heavy rain warning.