Cyclone Michaung, brewing over the Bay of Bengal, is expected to skip the city and make landfall between Nellore and Machilipatnam with winds that could pack speeds of upto 100 kmph on Tuesday morning.
Heavy rains lashed the Bharuch district of Gujarat in the early hours of Sunday, with streets and roads flooded and locals bearing the brunt of commuting hassles including slippery roads, reduced visibility, and poor driving conditions.
In view of the impending cyclone Michaung, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has cancelled 54 trains as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of passengers.
The forecast issued on Saturday at 7 p.m. said that in the next three hours, Moderate
Thunderstorms and lightning with moderate rain are very likely in a few places over Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet and Thiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu.
Due to the heavy rain forecast by IMD and to ensure the safety of schools and college students in the Kanchipuram district, schools and colleges will remain closed on December 4.
"In the last 2-3 months except for a small incident, no major incident has taken place. Normalcy has almost been restored and it is restoring very fast. In the meantime, peace talks are taking place and interactions are ongoing within the communities under the leadership of Home Minister
The Tamil Thalaivas are all set to take on Dabang Delhi KC in their first game of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 at the EKA Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched four states on Saturday and busted fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) rackets being carried out in various parts of the country by seizing fake notes, currency printing paper, printer and digital gadgets.
"Due to the onset of the cyclone, which we are expecting to come nearer to the coast of Chennai, we have deployed numerous teams. Apart from the standard operating procedure that we follow when we go for rescue, for the first time, we have started a concept of a district disaster response
Heavy rain lashed several areas of Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu districts on Saturday amid rainfall predictions by the India Meteorological Department.