Surveying the scene of the collapse of buildings due to Cyclone 'Mandous' at Tirupati Bandaru Nagar on Monday night, local MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy on Tuesday spoke to the affected families and promised adequate assistance from the government.
Still reeling under the aftermath of Cyclone 'Mandous', Hyderabad is likely to receive isolated spells of light to moderate rainfall at a few locations in the city, the Meteorological Centre Hyderabad has informed.
Light to moderate rain at a few places with isolated thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area, said Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai on Tuesday.
An MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) was signed between Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority and Meteorological Centre at DMMC Hall, Secretariat today.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued an alert over heavy rainfall and low-pressure area formation in parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Lakshadweep area during the next 24 hours.
After IMD predicted rainfall and strong winds for Karnataka, a holiday was announced on Monday in schools in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur and Kolar districts.
The low-pressure area (remnant of the cyclonic storm "Mandous" pronounced as "Man-Dous") over north interior Tamil Nadu and adjoining South Interior Karnataka and north Kerala has weakened, said India Meteorological Department on Sunday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that the cyclonic storm Mandous landfall process is nearing completion as the rear sector of the cyclone has moved into the land and lies over north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
"Suburban trains may be cancelled/rescheduled if necessary to prevent untoward incidents, based on weather warning reports and prevailing situation. Close liaison is being maintained with the state Meteorological Department and adjoining Railway zones for managing the situation," read the no
The three states given red alerts are Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. Doppler Weather Radar Karaikal and Chennai are monitoring the cyclone.