Cyclone ‘Mandous’ developing over the Bay most likely to affect a number of parts of Tamil Nadu

The weather condition system has actually increased hopes of bridging the rain deficit over the State this monsoon season.|Image Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM With the cyclonic storm ‘Mandous’, developing over the Bay of Bengal, most likely to strike north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts around Saturday early morning, extreme rain might lash lots of districts of Tamil Nadu in between Thursday and Saturday. The weather condition system might produce exceptionally heavy rain in a couple of districts on Friday. ‘Mandous’ is most likely to cross in between Puducherry and Sriharikota throughout early hours of Saturday. Weather condition designs have actually forecasted that it might cross the coast as a cyclonic storm. Places along the coast might experience squally winds with a speed of 65-75 kmph and increasing to 85 kmph throughout landfall, stated S. Balachandran, Additional Director General of Meteorology, Chennai. Rain might lash from Thursday afternoon and get slowly. Heavy rain, above 21 cm, might peak on Friday in a couple of locations in Puducherry, Villupuram, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu. It might continue till Saturday afternoon till the weather condition system moves inland, he stated. While 4 locations have actually been released red-colour coded caution for downpour, the north shoreline from Tiruvallur to Nagapattinam have actually been alerted of strong winds on Friday. The weather condition system has actually increased hopes of bridging the rain deficit over the State this monsoon season. The cyclone might break the rain hiatus in Chennai and b
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