Tamil Nadu battles unrelenting rain: IMD warns of more disruption, crop damage, and flight delays
India Meteorological Department (IMD). The depression, as of Tuesday morning, was located 310 km southeast of Trincomalee, 710 km south-southeast of Puducherry, and 800 km south-southeast of Chennai.
The IMD stated, «It is very likely to continue moving north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm on November 27. Thereafter, it will continue to move north-northwestwards towards the Tamil Nadu coast, skirting the Sri Lanka coast during the subsequent two days.»
Regarding the movement of the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm, the IMD stated, “It is very likely to continue moving north-northwestwards, skirting the Sri Lanka coast, and intensify into a cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours. Thereafter, it will continue moving north-northwestwards and approach the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts as a deep depression around the morning of 30th November.”
A red alert for extremely heavy rainfall has been issued for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, with an orange alert covering Karaikal, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Yanam for the next three days.
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