New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday reported that Cyclone Ditwah is moving northwards along the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast. As of 11:30 am, the cyclone was positioned over the southwest Bay of Bengal, approximately 100 km east-southeast of Cuddalore and Puducherry, and around 170 km south-southeast of Chennai. The minimum distance of the cyclone’s center from the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast is about 80 km.
The IMD said the cyclone is expected to continue its northward path, staying close and nearly parallel to the North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast over the next 24 hours. By Sunday evening, the cyclone is likely to come as close as 30 km from the coastline. The storm is being continuously monitored by Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) at Karaikal and Chennai.
“It is very likely to move nearly northwards parallel to North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts during the next 24 hours. While moving northwards, the cyclonic storm will be centered over the southwest Bay of Bengal within a minimum distance of 30 km from the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coastline by evening of today, the 30th November,” the IMD said.
Chennai is expected to experience a cloudy sky with heavy to very heavy rain on Sunday, followed by light to moderate rain on December 1. Light to moderate rainfall is also forecast at isolated locations across Tamil Nadu and the Puducherry-Karaikal region between December 2 and 6.
The IMD issued a major warning for fishermen, advising them not to venture into the sea along and off the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast, the Gulf of Mannar, Comorin coast, the southwest and west-central Bay of Bengal, and the south Andhra Pradesh coast. Gale winds of 60-80 kmph, gusting up to 90 kmph, are expected, with wind speeds reducing slightly to 45-55 kmph, gusting to 65 kmph on December 1.
A red alert has been issued for multiple north Tamil Nadu districts, warning of extremely heavy rainfall in Tiruvallur and Ranipet. Heavy to very heavy rain is also expected over Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, and Vellore, with isolated heavy rainfall likely in Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, and Puducherry. (ANI)
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