As cyclone Fengal commenced making landfall, Puducherry and several parts of Tamil Nadu witnessed heavy rain and gusty winds, disrupting road and air services and affecting normal lives.
The India Meteorological Department has said that cyclone Fengal is likely to cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph during the next 3 to 4 hours.
Chennai on Saturday witnessed gusty winds and rain, uprooting many trees and causing water logging in many parts of the city as the Cyclonic Storm Fengal is expected to cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast this evening.
The India Meteorological Department has said that the cyclonic storm Fengal is likely to cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph on Saturday evening.
The cyclonic storm Fengal on Saturday afternoon over the Southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 13 km per hour during the past six hours over the same region near latitude 12.3 N and longitude 80.9 E, about 120 km north-northeast of Nagappattinam and 420 km north o
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According to IMD, Cyclone 'Fengal' over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards earlier and is expected to cross north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts later in the day.
The authorities have advised the public to not visit beaches in Puducherry as well as in Tamil Nadu's Chennai, including Marina Beach, Pattinapakkam and Edward Elliot Beach. The tourist spots in Puducherry have been closed as a precautionary measure, owing to the impending cyclone Fengal<
Speaking to ANI, Dr S Balachandran said, "...Mostly coastal districts, the crossing point is between Karaikal to Mahabalipuram near Puducherry, so, all along the coastal districts, the impact will be more. There will be wind and rainfall. Today the wind speed was 50-60 kmph and gusting to 70
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the depression, currently moving northwestwards, is expected to cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram, near Puducherry, by the morning of November 30.