Cyclone in chennai

The India Meteorological Department has predicted light rainfall in Chennai and its suburbs starting from June 9 until June 10. A low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal, and it's expected to bring light to moderate rain in the area. The maximum temperature is predicted to be 35°C on Wednesday and Thursday.

Cyclone Nivar, which is expected to make landfall on the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast late Wednesday night, has already intensified into a ‘very severe’ cyclonic storm. The weather formation was about 90 km east-southeast of Cuddalore, about 150 km east southeast of Puducherry and 220 km south southeast of Chennai on Wednesday evening. What is Cyclone Nivar’s intensity? According to the Regional Meteorological Department in Chennai, the weather formation has already intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm. The cyclone with a gale wind speed reaching 115-125 kmph gusting to 140 kmph was prevailing over southwest Bay of Bengal and is expected to make landfall with a wind speed of 120-130 kmph gusting to 145 kmph by late Wednesday night to early hours of Thursday. Senior IMD officials said the cyclonic storm is likely to take about six hours to weaken after it makes landfall. Follow The affected areas Regions, including Myladuthurai, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Cuddalore, Villupuram. Kallapurichi, Thiruvannamalai districts, and Puducherry are receiving extremely heavy rainfall. Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Trichy, Salem, Erode, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Vellore, Tiruppatur, Ranipet, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, Heavy rain is expected in Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, and Pudukkottai districts on Thursday as well. Its impact so far Water-logging in Chennai Consistent rains from Tuesday morning led to water-logging in several parts of...

The IMD forecasts that a system forming over the Bay of Bengal during the weekend is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm named Mocha by Yemen. The storm is expected to move northwards into the middle Bay of Bengal. Although the rain intensity may decrease over the next two days, day temperatures would remain below normal. The cyclone, which has been dubbed Mocha by Yemen, is expected to continue northwards into the middle Bay of Bengal. IMD forecasts that rain intensity will decrease over the next two days, but day temperatures will remain substantially below normal, keeping the weather comfortable in the city and suburbs. On Wednesday, IMD forecast the system to intensify into a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 8. "Thereafter, it is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm while moving nearly northwards towards the central Bay of Bengal," an IMD bulletin said. "The system is being monitored," it added. If the cyclone forms, then it may be called Mocha, a name given by Yemen.

In a weather bulletin issued on Wednesday, the weather department said, “Yesterday’s Depression over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into Deep Depression today (07.12.2022) morning and lay centred at 0830 IST of today, the 07th December, 2022 over Southwest and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal, near latitude 8.7°N and longitude 85.7°E, about 500 km east of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), about 630 km east-southeast of It will continue to move west-northwestwards towards north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts during the subsequent 48 hours. Under the influence of cyclone Mandous, light to moderate rainfall at most places is very likely over coastal Tamilnadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places on December 8.

“A cyclonic circulation lies over Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean and extends up to 4.5 km above mean sea level. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over the same region during the next 48 hours. It may move northwestwards towards TN - UT coasts during November 9-11,” the RMC said. Chennai Mayor Priya Rajan said that the city is ready to handle any kind of weather situation including storms. She said all the stormwater drains have been cleaned and any incidents of major flood-like situations are unlikely. The Greater Chennai Corporation has also ramped up its mechanism to deal with rain-related incidents. Pumps have been deployed at all major flood-prone areas and civic officials have been ordered to remain alert. The corporation has earlier announced a hotline 1913 for reporting flood and civic issues during the monsoon. The public can also contact the civic authorities through its social media handles, Namma Chennai App as well as the flood control room landline numbers: 044-25619206, 044-25619207, and 044-25619208).

MUMBAI, June 12 (Reuters) - A storm off India's west coast has strengthened to become a powerful cyclone and could hit India's western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week, the Indian weather department said on Monday. The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan with maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 km (78-84 miles) per hour, gusting to 150 km (93 miles) per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Nearly a dozen districts in coastal Gujarat will be affected by heavy rainfall and gusting winds although some of these are sparsely populated, which would limit the damage, said a weather office official, who declined to be named. Fishermen in Gujarat have been advised against going to sea and those at sea have been called back, with 21,000 boats parked so far, the government said on Monday. Offshore oil installations have also been asked to ensure immediate return of all manpower, and two of India's largest ports - Kandla and Mundra - located in Gujarat have been alerted while other ports have been advised for preventive action. The Adani conglomerate's ports business, Adani Ports The Indian Coast Guard said it was evacuating 50 personnel from a jack-up oil rig off Gujarat's coast named Key Singapore, which is owned by Dubai-based Shelf Drilling Shelf Drilling and Cairn Oil & Gas did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Gujarat Pipavav Por...

"It is very likely to move nearly northwards till Wednesday morning, then move north-northeastwards and cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi (Gujarat) and Karachi (Pakistan) around noon of 15th June as a very severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph," the Met Department said. "Cyclone Alert for Saurashtra and Kutch Coast: Yellow Message. ESCS BIPARJOY lay over the east-central Arabian Sea at 0830 IST today, 460 km SSW of Porbandar, 510 km SSW of Dwarka, and 600 km SSW of Naliya. To cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adj Pakistan coasts around noon of 15 June as VSCS," the IMD tweeted. Cyclone Alert for Saurashtra and Kutch Coast: Yellow Message. ESCS BIPARJOY lay over eastcentral Arabian Sea at 0830 IST today,460 km SSW of Porbandar,510 km SSW of Dwarka,600 km SSW of Naliya. To cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adj Pakistan coasts around noon of 15 June as VSCS. The IMD has been providing regular updates about the cyclone. Earlier in the day, the IMD tweeted, "VSCS BIPARJOY intensified into an ESCS at 0530IST today, about 480 km SSW of Porbandar, 530 km SSW of Dwarka and 610 km SSW of Naliya. To cross Saurashtra & Kutch and adj. Pakistan coasts bw Mandvi, Gujarat and Karachi, Pakistan around noon of 15th June as VSCS." The IMD has issued an alert in Thane, Mumbai and Palghar. It has also asked fishermen in the coastal areas to be on alert from June 11 to June 14. High waves were observed at Ti...

The IMD forecasts that a system forming over the Bay of Bengal during the weekend is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm named Mocha by Yemen. The storm is expected to move northwards into the middle Bay of Bengal. Although the rain intensity may decrease over the next two days, day temperatures would remain below normal. The cyclone, which has been dubbed Mocha by Yemen, is expected to continue northwards into the middle Bay of Bengal. IMD forecasts that rain intensity will decrease over the next two days, but day temperatures will remain substantially below normal, keeping the weather comfortable in the city and suburbs. On Wednesday, IMD forecast the system to intensify into a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 8. "Thereafter, it is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm while moving nearly northwards towards the central Bay of Bengal," an IMD bulletin said. "The system is being monitored," it added. If the cyclone forms, then it may be called Mocha, a name given by Yemen.

Tree waste was largely the only trail left behind by the cyclone as city corporation worked overnight to clear most streets of any waterlogging by Saturday morning. Senior corporation officials told TNIE that a financial assessment of the overall cyclone damage in the city is yet to be carried out. While 47.64 MT green wastes have been collected from zones 1 to 8, 93.42 MT of waste has been collected from zones 9 to 15. The Adyar zone had the maximum tree waste of 33.38 MT. The collected waste is to be processed in Kodungaiyur and Perungudi for northern and southern zones, respectively, sources said. Around 85 trees have been uprooted due to the cyclone and sanitary workers were on their toes throughout their shift cleaning green waste off streets and sidewalks. Most of the uprooted trees have been removed, according to corporation reports. According to the Chennai city police, who also helped the civic body in clearing fallen trees in some areas, uprooted electric poles on five roads were also cleared. “We will not be working overtime but we had our hands full since our shift started at 6am. The waste collected was almost four times more than the usual,” said a sanitary worker near Guindy. Chennai corporation commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi, mayor R Priya and deputy mayor Mahesh Kumar were on rounds across the city inspecting vulnerable areas from Friday night. Of the 911 pumps kept on standby, the civic body had used 329 pumps for draining water. In other parts of the ...

The India Meteorological Department has predicted light rainfall in Chennai and its suburbs starting from June 9 until June 10. A low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal, and it's expected to bring light to moderate rain in the area. The maximum temperature is predicted to be 35°C on Wednesday and Thursday.