NEW DELHI: Cyclonic Fengal crossed the North Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts early on Sunday morning, in keeping with the India Meteorological Division (IMD).
The cyclone, which made landfall near Puducherry between 10:30 pm and 11:30 pm IST, launched wind speeds of 70-80 km/h, gusting as a lot as 90 km/h.
On account of the cyclone’s have an effect on, elements of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu expert heavy rainfall, leading to a rise in water ranges in dams. In Tamil Nadu, heavy rainfall triggered the Veedur Dam to overflow, a video confirmed, putting 10 villages in Villupuram district liable to flooding.
The IMD reported that Fengal is predicted to weaken proper right into a deep melancholy as a result of it strikes west-southwestward throughout the coming hours. “CS Fengal lay over the equivalent space 30km North of Cuddalore and 40km East of Villupuram. It will slowly switch westwards and steadily weaken proper right into a Deep melancholy all through 6 hours,” IMD acknowledged.
In Chennai, the seashores seen extreme tides and difficult sea circumstances early throughout the morning. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) issued a local weather forecast predicting “isolated heavy to very heavy” rainfall throughout the metropolis for Sunday.
Earlier, operations at Chennai airport had been halted on Saturday on account of sturdy winds and heavy rains from Cyclone Fengal, leading to a variety of flight cancellations and affecting tons of of passengers.
