Heavy rain triggers landslide on Salem-Yercaud ghat road

Heavy rain triggers landslide on Salem-Yercaud ghat road

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Salem:07.09.2021

A huge boulder rolled on to the Salem-Yercaud ghat road following a heavy raintriggered landslide on late Sunday evening. Workers from the state highway department were pressed into service to clear the boulder.

Continuous heavy downpour triggered the landslide near Vazhavadhi, a village on Salem-Yercaud road via Kuppanur route on late Sunday evening. Police officials at the Kuppanur check post stopped vehicular traffic on the stretch after they were notified about the landslide by the locals. After clearing the stretch, the highway department allowed all vehicles to Yercaud from Monday morning. An official from the state highway department said traffic was not affected due to the landslide.

“At the same time, the road may be weakened due to soil erosion,” the official said.

He said that they were allowing bikes and cars on the ghat road at present. “We have advised all the drivers to drive slowly when they pass the ghat road including the landslide area,” the official added.

According to an official from the meteorological department, Yercaud received continuous rain for the last few days. “Shervaroy hills received 78mm of rain on Thursday, 127mm on Friday, 21mm on Saturday and 18mm on Sunday,” the official said.

NATURE’S FURY: Continuous heavy downpour triggered the landslide near Vazhavadhi

Thunderstorm likely for next two days

Thunderstorm likely for next two days

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Chennai:19.07.2021

The city is likely to experience a thunderstorm with light to moderate rain on Monday and Tuesday.

A Met department forecast said: “The sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. Thunderstorms with light to moderate rain are likely to occur in some areas.”

Many parts of the city including Kolathur, Vyasarpadi, Korattur, Kilpauk, Anna Nagar, Aminjikarai, Koyambedu, Nungambakkam, Egmore and Saidapet, and the suburbs, received rain on Sunday night.

While the sky was cloudy until late evening, the showers began around 7pm. The rain was intense, touching above 2cm in many parts of the city from Saturday night to Sunday evening. Nungambakkam recorded the highest with 7.7cm. Maduranthagam and Puzhal saw intense rain and recorded 5cm while Anna University got 4cm, Marina, Marakkanam and Sriperumbudur recorded 3 cm and Taramani and Kelambakkam recorded 2cm.

The heavy rain has pushed the rain surplus figures further high for the season since June1. A Met official said the weekend rain was due to the impact of the southwest monsoon.

A forecast for the rest of the state said thunderstorm with heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Theni and Salem districts. Thunderstorm with light to moderate rain is likely in isolated places over the Western Ghats, Erode, Tiruppur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tirupattur, Ranipet and Tiruvallur districts.

Record rain for a July day floods roads, hits traffic

Record rain for a July day floods roads, hits traffic

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Chennai:18.07.2021

Rain buffeted the city for the second consecutive evening, breaking the record of highest 24-hour rain for July since 2018 and leaving many streets waterlogged. Nungambakkam recorded 69.5mm, highest since the 84mm recorded on July 10, 2017. While both Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam recorded excess rain since June 1, weathermen have forecast thunderstorms with light to moderate rain in the next two days.

“There is an upper-air circulation between 3.1km and 4.6km altitude and south-westerly winds are pushing moisture below which brought the rain. The circulation supported the convective activity and brought thunder along with rain,” said N Puviarasan, director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, IMD, Chennai. Nungambakkam station recorded more rain on Friday (60.5mm) and Saturday (69.5mm) than Meenambakkam’s 14.4mm and 23mm. Between June1 and July 16, Nungambakkam recorded 176.2mm and Meenambakkam 171.7mm, which are 51.7mm and 32.4mm excess for the period. Chennai subdivision registered with 171.6mm against a normal 130.6mm, an excess of 31%.

West Tambaram recorded 24mm, Villivakkam 57mm, Taramani 15mm and Chembarambakkam 16mm as of 7.30pm on Saturday. The downpour left many roads in north Chennai and a few in the south like Velachery inundated forcing motorists to tread slowly. Joint commissioner of police Lalitha Lakshmi and her team monitored waterlogging on streets and field staff cleared them with the help of corporation staff. “We are taking action based on posts on social media by road users,” said Pradip Kumar, additional commissioner of police (traffic).

On Friday evening, heavy rain had caused waterlogging and kept policemen and corporation staff on their toes. Two uprooted trees were cleared within 20 minutes. On Saturday, the corporation operated pumps to push out water from subways like Ganesapuram in Royapuram and the one opposite Loyola College in Nungambakkam. A senior corporation official said Saturday's spell was one of the biggest this season, but in most areas, stagnant water cleared off soon.

DELUGED: Bazzar Road near Madipakkam on Saturday

Sudden showers catch many Chennai residents unwares

Sudden showers catch many Chennai residents unwares

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Chennai:17.07.2021 

Many localities of the city recorded light to moderate rainfall for over 30 minutes on Friday evening.

The Met department has forecast light to moderate rain to continue across the city and neighbourhood in the next 48 hours. Bloggers said the city and the neighbouring districts have a high probability of rain till July 20. Meteorologists said the evening showers were due to strong westerlies that drive the southwest monsoon pushing moisture towards the east coast over the already warm zone. This led to convective spells.

Friday evening saw light to moderate rainfall over many parts of the city and suburbs for over 30 minutes in Nungambakkam, West Mambalam, Vyasarpadi, Korattur, Ambattur, Avadi, Chromepet, Iyyappanthangal and Poonamallee. IMD’s rain gauges recorded the highest rainfall at Villivakkam (70mm), Sathyabhama University (46.5mm) and Nungambakkam (48mm) till 7.30pm. Between June 1 and July 16, Chennai subdivision recorded 126.7mm rainfall, which is equal to the normal rainfall of 126.8mm expected in this period.

Blogger Pradeep John, in his online post, said the city and the suburbs may continue to receive sudden evening spells till July 20 before a low pressure is likely to form close to Odisha coast.

Thamirabarani river floods as rain lashes central TN

Thamirabarani river floods as rain lashes central TN

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Tirunelveli/ Trichy:  14.01.2021

Heavy rain that lashed central districts over the past few days got more intense on Wednesday, leaving several urban areas inundated and destroying thousands of acres of paddy crops in the delta region. Thambirabarani river was flooded, leaving several villages and town areas along its course inundated. In Tirunelveli district, around 300 people were moved to relief centres while 87 other vulnerable areas are being monitored round the clock.

Water released into Thamirabarani river increased to 53,273 cusecs late on Wednesday. Tirunelveli district recorded average rainfall of 111mm rainfall from 8am on Tuesday to 4pm on Wednesday. The flooded river submerged low level bridges, culverts and roads at many places. Tenkasi district administration announced a ban on bathing at all the falls in Courtallam till January 17. Rains that lashed for the past few days damaged thousands of acres of matured samba paddy crop. About 2.06 lakh acres of paddy was already damaged in cyclones Nivar and Burevi. Kollidam (118mm) in Mayiladuthurai district recorded the highest rainfall in the delta region, Thiruvidaimaruthur in Thanjavur (107mm), Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam (93mm).

INUNDATED: A temple along Thamirabarani river course submerged

More rain expected in the next 48 hours

More rain expected in the next 48 hours

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07.01.2021

After rain clouds moved over north Tamil Nadu and dumped nearly 148mm of rainfall in the heart of the city in two days, weathermen have forecast more rainfall for Chennai and its neighbouring regions over the next 48 hours.

While the intensity of rain may be less, private forecasters and bloggers said the city and its suburbs could begin getting the next round of near-intense spells from January 9.

N Puviarasan, director of the Area Cyclone Warning Centre, said light to moderate rain is likely in some areas, while the skies may be generally cloudy for the next 48 hours. Temperatures are likely to be at a maximum of 29 deg C and a minimum of 24 deg C. “This is due to the easterly wave,” he said. Such waves are a type of an atmospheric trough, which is a low pressure over a larger region. As they move from east to west, low-level winds or opposing winds enter the trough, converge and cause convection.

Chennai subdivision has so far recorded 160.6mm rainfall since January 1 against a normal 4.7mm. This in-cludes Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam stations registering 147.8mm and 170.8mm in the last two days. The northeast monsoon spill over this month comes after it left an 33% excess rainfall during peak rainy season in 2020 with 1040.8mm against an average 784mm. Last year, the city recorded a 16% surplus rainfall before the onset of southwest monsoon in the rest of the country with 53.4mm against a normal of 46.1mm. This took the annual 2020 rainfall in Chennai to a 21% excess with 1,572.3mm against a normal of 1,303.9mm.

Outside the city, Kelambakkam rec-orded the highest spell of around 262mm in the last two days.

Skymet Weather, in its post, said an-other heavy spell is likely in the city and suburbs as well as for north coastal regions of Tamil Nadu around January 9 and 10.

Blogger Pradeep John, in his post, said for the next two days the rainfall in-tensity in Chennai and neighbouring Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur and Chengelpet may reduce. “Rainfall will pick up from January 9 to 12. But that too may be on and off spells,” he said. “Delta region may see good rainfall in this period. Might turn out to be heavy,” he added.

Rain in city likely for next few days

Rain in city likely for next few days

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Chennai: 04.01.2021

The city is likely to experience fairly moderate rain or thunder showers for the next few days because of the impact of heavy rain that is likely to hit Puducherry, Cuddalore and further south.

A seven-day forecast shows that the city will experience rain at night or during the day till January 7. There will be light rain till Tuesday and moderate rain on Wednesday and Thursday. An IMD forecast for the next 48hours said: “The sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in some areas.”

However, there is a heavy rainfall warning for Tuesday which says that “heavy rain is likely at isolated places over Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore areas.” This is expected to have an impact on the weather in Chennai, said a met department official.

The city and its suburbs received good rain on Saturday night. Kelambakkam, on OMR, recorded 3cm; Mamallapuram 2cm; Tambaram, Chengalpet, Sholingnallur, Madurantakam, Sriperumbudur, Chennai airport and Alandur received 1cm.

A seven-day forecast shows that the city will experience rain at night or during the day till January 7. There will be light rain till Tuesday and moderate rain on Wednesday and Thursday

Light rain, misty mornings in store for two days, says IMD

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Light rain, misty mornings in store for two days, says IMD

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Chennai:  03.01.2021

The city is set to receive light rain accompanied by misty mornings for the next two days. Sunday is likely to be a cool and cloudy day. As per the IMD forecast, “Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in some areas. Maximum and minimum temperature will be around 28°C and 24°C.”

The city experienced a misty Saturday up to noon with light rain due to a combination of factors such as high humidity, a cloudy sky and cold wind from the north. The prevailing mist helped pull down the maximum temperature to 26°C.

A met department official clarified that the city didn’t experience fog. “It is misty and cloudy weather... But, there wasn’t much rain due to the cloudy weather and drop in temperature. Fog, which forms during nights and early mornings when the sky is clear, will set in by mid-January. We usually have a few foggy days close to January 14,” the official said.

He added that with the difference between the maximum and minimum temperature reducing, the days are likely to be similar to weather at hill stations.

The visibility at the airport was up to 1,500m on Saturday and increased to 4,000m later in the forenoon. The mist did not affect flights or trains.

Private weather bloggers forecast good rain this month for the city and other parts of the state as part of the northeast monsoon. The light rain on Saturday is considered the beginning of a spell, likely to last the next couple of days.

The IMD forecast heavy rain with thunder particularly in Puducherry and Karaikal. The rain will impact the weather in Chennai and its southern suburbs. The city has received surplus rain of 33% so far via the northeast monsoon.

Heavy rain lashes central TN

Heavy rain lashes central TN

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Trichy:  01.01.2021

2020 has ended on a good note on the climate front as heavy rain lashed the central districts for several hours from Wednesday night and throughout the day on Thursday, throwing normal life out of gear. According to India meteorological department (IMD), a cyclonic circulation over southwest Bay of Bengal caused rainfall in several parts of Tamil Nadu.

The coastal districts witnessed heavy rainfall in the early hours with Nagappattinam receiving 30.7mm in the 24 hours ending 8.30am. Despite the rain, fishermen set out to sea. Thanjavur recorded the second highest rainfall of 14.1mm while Tiruvarur realized 11.5mm.

The rain brought worries to farmers as hundreds of acres of paddy crops suffered in the havoc caused by cyclones Nivar and Burevi last month. The sharp showers wet the crops a day after the central team completed the damage assessment in the delta districts. After weeks, Trichy city received substantial rainfall in the early hours of Thursday. The city that registered a deficit northeast monsoon had an average of 10-11mm rainfall in the morning with the moderate showers continuing till noon.

The suburbs of the city including Samayapuram and Lalgudi road received good rain. Already facing a 30% deficit monsoon, Trichy is very likely to have a dry week ahead according to the IMD forecast. Ariyalur and Perambalur districts recorded 9.6mm and 8.33mm of rain while Karur and Pudukottai had 0.4mm and 0.6mm.

WHY BIGGER STORMS ARE BREWING IN THE BAY

WHY BIGGER STORMS ARE BREWING IN THE BAY

Warming Of Oceans Triggered By Climate Change Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones

U.Tejonmayam@timesgroup.com

23.12.2020

When very severe cyclonic storm Nivar made landfall last month, meteorologists and authorities heaved a sigh of relief, as the storm was not as intense as anticipated. But climate scientists observed that it left a recurrent pattern which could lead to something more sinister. The weather system moved two stages up from depression to deep depression and later into a cyclonic storm in about 24 hours. Scientists term this development rapid intensification, driven by climate change and ocean warming. This trend can be deadly as it gives very little time for authorities to prepare for the worst.

Roxy Mathew Koll, climate scientist, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, (IITM), said researchers have observed rapid intensification of cyclones in recent years, such as cyclones Amphan and Ockhi, which strengthened within 24 hours. And with global warming not slowing, there could be more cyclones rapidly intensifying in the future. A cyclone has rapidly intensified if wind speeds increase by 55kmph in 24 hours.

“These storms intensify faster than what we expect or the models forecast, so we have less time to be prepared for it. Ockhi didn’t give us the time to respond in terms of disaster management,” Koll said. “Ocean warming may not stop and all climate models show that Indian Ocean is going to warm at the same rate or more in the coming years. There are high chances of rapid intensification of cyclones in future,” he said.

As cyclones draw energy from warm waters, Koll said rapid warming of Indian Ocean in recent decades due to climate change is making the region conducive to cyclones and rapid intensification. Studies have shown that Indian Ocean has experienced rapid warming with an average rise of 1ºC in sea surface temperature during 1951-2015 when the global sea surface temperature warmed about 0.7 ºC.

Bay of Bengal is already in the warm pool region with sea surface temperatures around 28-29 ºC and at times touching 30 ºC. In May 2020, a few days before Amphan, data buoys in north Bay of Bengal measured record high surface temperatures between 32-34 ºC.

“A warm ocean is like a heat engine for these cyclones.

As soon as they make landfall, they lose their source of energy and with friction, they die. When we have warmer than usual waters, it keeps feeding that heat for the cyclones to intensify faster,” Koll said.

While the Bay of Bengal may have seen changes in the intensity of storms, Arabian Sea, cooler than the Bay, is brewing more number of cyclones because parts of the sea are getting warmer. Its western parts are getting as warm as Bay of Bengal.

Cyclones formed par- ticularly in November-end or December, have more chances of hitting Tamil Nadu coast due to the movement of equatorial trough or a belt of low pressure from near the Bengal coast to closer to the equator.

“The track of cyclones can be everywhere during the northeast monsoon. As the equatorial trough makes its southward journey, storms could move towards Tamil Nadu, AP, Odisha, Bengal, Bangladesh or Myanmar during October. But when the northeast monsoon advances, systems form in lower latitudes of the east coast which means they could move towards south AP or TN,” said Y E A Raj, former deputy director general, IMD.

Researchers said incorporating data on ocean sub-surface temperatures in the existing models and strengthening the existing ocean observation systems across the Indian Ocean region could help forecast rapid intensification.

M Rajeevan, secretary, ministry of earth sciences, said the present models occasionally pick up rapid intensification as they are run only with data on atmospheric conditions. Forecasting rapid intensification of cyclones requires incorporating data on ocean conditions into the models. “We now have a regional coupled model called Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting, which uses both atmospheric and ocean parameters, developed with the help of the US. It is operational in IMD. But doing a detailed analysis on rapid intensification and to check if the models are picking it up may take some time. IMD is already on the job,” he said.

மூன்று நாட்களுக்கு கன மழை வாய்ப்பு

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Added : டிச 15, 2020 01:43

சென்னை : 'தமிழகம் மற்றும் புதுச்சேரியில், அடுத்த மூன்று நாட்களுக்கு, சில இடங்களில் கன மழை பெய்யும்' என, வானிலை ஆய்வு மையம் தெரிவித்து உள்ளது.

சென்னை வானிலை ஆய்வு மையத்தின் இயக்குனர் புவியரசன் வெளியிட்ட செய்திக்குறிப்பு: தமிழகம் மற்றும் புதுச்சேரியில், இன்று பெரும்பாலும் வறண்ட வானிலையே நிலவும். தமிழக கடலோர பகுதிகளில், வளிமண்டல மேலடுக்கு சுழற்சி ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. இதனால், தமிழக கடலோர பகுதிகள் மற்றும் புதுச்சேரியில், இன்று சில இடங்களில் லேசானது முதல் மிதமான மழை பெய்யும். அதேபோல, நாளை முதல், 18ம் தேதி வரை, தமிழக கடலோர மாவட்டங்கள் மற்றும் புதுச்சேரியின் சில இடங்களில், கன மழை பெய்ய வாய்ப்புள்ளது.

கடலோரம் அல்லாத உள்மாவட்டங்களில், சில இடங்களில் மிதமான மழை பெய்யும். மீனவர்களுக்கு எச்சரிக்கை ஏதுமில்லை.இவ்வாறு, அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

TN may se rain again from december 16

 

Chennai may get light rain for two days

Chennai may get light rain for two days

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Chennai:08.12.2020

After two storms and the second highest rainfall recorded at the Nungambakkam weather station since 2015, the city’s weather may still not be calm. It rained on Monday night in some areas and weathermen have forecast light spells of rain for at least the next 48 hours.

Private forecasters and bloggerssaidthestate may see a break in monsoon for about eightdaysstarting from December 9.

On Monday, IMD said the low pressure area over the Gulf of Mannar, which has weakened in stages from Cyclone Burevi, has become less marked. “However, the associated cyclonic circulation persists over the same area and now extends up to 3.1km above mean sea level,” said IMD’s bulletin.

For the next 48 hours, the agency has forecast light rain in some areasof thecity with partly cloudy skies. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30o C and 24 o C. As for the rest of the state, the agency has forecast light to moderate rain to occur at a few places for the next two days.

As of Monday, Nungambakkam had recorded 1003.7mm since October 1, which is 249.7mm excess for the season so far. The previous highest was in 2015 when the city weather station registered around 1663mm that resulted in floods. Meenambakkam has so far recorded 896.3mm since October 1 which is 211mm in excess. Other locations which recorded high rainfall includes DGP office with 1451.5mm, Red Hills 986.2mm, Tambaram 905.9mm, Chembarambakkam 706.5mm, Mahabalipuram 955.4mm and Kelambakkam 787.8mm.

As of Monday 8.30am, Nungambakkam recorded 3.8mm and Meenambakkam 7.7mm. Weathermen said the city has been receiving some morning spells and while the rest of the day is relatively dry due to the incoming easterly winds converging closer to the coast during the day and moving to interior regions later in the day. “This is likely to continue for the next two days,” an official said.

WET WEATHER TO REMAIN: It will continue to rain in Chennai

Perumbakkam residents forced to install buckets beneath roof as water leaks into elevator

Perumbakkam residents forced to install buckets beneath roof as water leaks into elevator

The Perumbakkam area, where several thousands of families were relocated, has been facing severe inundation over the past week with knee-deep water

Published: 04th December 2020 02:22 PM 

Buckets installed beneath the ceiling to prevent water leaking into the elevator. (Photo | Express)

By Omjasvin MD

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Pushed to the corner due to severe inundation and water leakage woes following the rains, residents relocated to the Perumbakkam Slum Board tenements have now been forced to install buckets beneath the ceiling to prevent water leaking into the elevator.

The residents of the tenements had been relocated from different slums across Chennai to Perumbakkam, 25 kilometres from the city, as the authorities took up water body restoration projects.

The residents of M Block in the tenements said that for the past week, water has been leaking into the elevator through its motor room from the terrace, due to heavy rains.

“We complained to officials as people found it hard to use the elevator but it has not been fixed. So we went to the terrace and installed buckets in the motor room to hold the leaking water,” said Rajan, a resident of M Block.

He said that the water continuously kept leaking into the elevator set up in the seven-storied building. “It is dangerous for water to leak in the elevator as it works on high-voltage electricity. What if something happens to people using it,” he questioned.

The residents said they have been mopping up the water from the elevator by themselves and kept it as dry as possible so they could use it. Vasanth, another resident from the block, said since this is a seven storied building, it’s hard without an elevator.

“Many elderly people too use the elevator daily so officials must ensure there’s no water leak there,” he said.

Residents also said there has been severe water seepage inside the houses from the elevator room. “The water seeps from the elevator room to the houses. Water has seeped in from the seventh floor to ground floor houses as well,” said Rajan.

He said there are no adequate drainage facilities in the terrace resulting in water staying stagnant. “Thus it seeps through the walls,” he said.

The New Indian Express spoke to Slum Board officials and shared the photos with them. They said they would visit the spot immediately.

The Perumbakkam area, where several thousands of families were relocated, has been facing severe inundation over the past week with knee-deep water.

Burevi dissipates, but Chennai may get more rain today

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Burevi dissipates, but Chennai may get more rain today

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Chennai:05.12.2020

The city and its suburbs which have an excess of 37% rainfall so far this northeast monsoon season are likely to get more showers on Saturday from the rain bands of the system near Ramanathapuram.

On Friday evening, the system had weakened into a depression. Weathermen said the convective cloud bands scattered over the state after Cyclone Burevi weakened will bring rainfall to northern and western districts of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.

For the next 48 hours, the scattered cloud bands from the system are likely to bring thunderstorms with moderate rain and occasional heavy spells with generally overcast weather over the city and suburbs.

On Friday evening, Cyclone Burevi which had weakened into a deep depression further weakened into a depression at 5.30pm while staying at around 40km southwest of Ramanathapuram the whole of Friday. IMD officials said the system is likely to further weaken and move to south Kerala by Saturday evening. But the cloud bands from the storm, which moved over central and northern parts of the state due to land friction, bringing heavy spells on Thursday will continue to bring rain on Saturday too.

N Puviarasan, director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, IMD said the system had remained stationary near Ramanathapuram district for many hours as it had weakened and did not have strong winds around it required to move it. Further, two anticyclones nearby also stalled the weather system. Anticyclones have winds circling in the counterclockwise direction (winds of a cyclone circle clockwise) around a high atmospheric pressure region can leave opposing winds stopping the system from moving further.

Weather blogger Pradeep John said, “After Saturday, the city may still get some spells due to easterlies till December

6. From December 8 to17, there may be a break from monsoon spells.”

Cyclone Burevi gains strength, to cross Indian coast on Dec 4 morning

Cyclone Burevi gains strength, to cross Indian coast on Dec 4 morning

Storm Likely To Intensify Further: IMD

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Chennai:02.12.2020

Southern districts of Tamil Nadu are bracing for extremely heavy rainfall for the next three days as the cyclonic storm Burevi over Bay of Bengal lay 800km from the Kanyakumari coast on Tuesday evening. It is likely to intensify further before crossing the Indian coast on December 4 early morning between Kanyakumari and Pamban, after making landfall near Trincomalee in Sri Lanka on December 2.

The system is expected to bring heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in many parts of south Tamil Nadu and light to moderate spells over Chennai for the next 48 hours. Burevi will be the second cyclonic storm in a week making landfall in Tamil Nadu after Cyclone Nivar crossed near Marakkanam on November 25 night. It is also the third cyclone, after Amphan and Nivar, to form over Bay of Bengal this year. The name "Burevi" has been given by Maldives, which means black mangroves.

IMD said at 5.30pm, the deep depression, which had strengthened from a depression on Tuesday morning and was moving at 9kmph, intensified into a cyclonic storm and lay centred at around 400km east-southeast of Trincomalee and 800km eastsoutheast of Kanyakumari.

The storm is likely to intensify further before making landfall close to Trincomalee on December 2 evening or night with a wind speed of 75-85kmph gusting to 95kmph. On the morning of December 3, the system is likely to emerge over the Gulf of Mannar and adjoining Comorin area. “It would then move west-southwestwards and cross south Tamil Nadu between Kanyakumari and Pamban on the early morning of December 4 between 2.30am and 5.30am,” IMD said.

According to IMD’s forecast track of the cyclone, the storm is likely to emerge again over the sea near south Kerala coast after crossing the south Tamil Nadu coast.

Satellite image of Cyclone Burevi released by the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday evening

IMD: After ‘Nivar’ another storm to hit Kerala, TN

New Delhi:01.12.2020

A fresh low-pressure area, formed over the Bay of Bengal after landfall of cyclone ‘Nivar’, is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm of low intensity and cross the Sri Lankan coast on Wednesday evening, bringing heavy rainfall to India’s southernmost parts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned.

After crossing the Sri Lankan coast, the cyclone will move westwards and emerge into the Comorin area on Thursday morning, the agency added. The system, as per the IMD’s forecasts on Monday, will bring heavy to very heavy rainfall over south Tamil Nadu and south Kerala and adjoining areas during December 2-4.Though it will not be severe like ‘Nivar’, the agency has advised fishermen not to venture into south-east and adjoining south-west Bay of Bengal from Tuesday night. TNN

Cyclonic storm: Red alert issued in 4 districts

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Kochi:01.12.2020

IMD and Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) have asked people to stay away from beaches and coasts as the sea will turn rough from Tuesday. The weather report said that a depression – formed in the southeast Bay of Bengal – is moving toward Kanyakumari and south Kerala coasts which will later become a cyclonic storm at night on Wednesday.

The IMD on Monday issued orange alert (very heavy rainfall of 11-20cm) for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki on Wednesday. Red alert (extremely heavy rain of over 20cm) has been issued for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha on Thursday with an orange alert in Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki. The winds on these days would become gales (speeds reaching 70-80km/hr and gusting to 90 km/ hr). Kerala has imposed a total ban on fishing in the Arabian Sea and all fishermen have been asked to return to the nearest coast. Squally weather with wind is likely over southwest Bay of Bengal, Kerala coast, southeast Arabian Sea, Maldives and Lakshadweep by Wednesday.

District disaster management authority of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Idukki are on alert. KSDMA officials informed district teams to ensure that trees, likely to be uprooted, be trimmed down with help of fire brigade.

All hoarding and boards are being removed to prevent damages and people have been told not to park cars under trees. Travel to high ranges is being discouraged for the next few days.

Control rooms will be opened in all taluk offices with deputy tahsildars. Irrigation department officials have been asked to monitor water levels in rivers, dams and reservoirs.

Depression may intensify into cyclone, bring heavy rainfall

Depression may intensify into cyclone, bring heavy rainfall

Southern Districts To Get Drenched

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Chennai:01.12.2020

A week after Cyclone Nivar made landfall near Marakkanam, another cyclonic storm may cross Tamil Nadu bringing widespread rainfall in the state, including heavy rainfall in southern districts from December 1.

Weathermen have forecast that the a depression which has formed over Bay of Bengal on Monday, may intensify into a cyclonic storm in 24 hours crossing north Sri Lanka, Comorin area and south Kerala. If it strengthens into a cyclone, it would be called Cyclone Burevi, a name given by Maldives used to refer black mangroves. The system may bring heavy rainfall in parts of southern districts of Tamil Nadu like Kanykumari, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram and Tirunelveli, which have deficit rainfall so far this northeast monsoon season, and light to moderate rains in Chennai and its suburbs from December 1.

As on 8pm on Monday, IMD said the depression over southeast Bay of Bengal has moved westwards at 7kmph speed in six hours and centered over southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal, about 640km east-southeast of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, and 1,040km east of Kanyakumari. It is likely to intensify into a deep depression in the next 12 hours and a cyclonic storm in the subsequent 12 hours. “It is very likely to move west-northwest and cross Sri lanka coast close to Trincomalee during December 2 evening/night and westwards thereafter emerging into the Comorin area on December 3 morning,” said IMD’s evening bulletin.

Starting from December 1, the system is likely to bring heavy rain at isolated places over Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari districts, and Karaikal. The intensity of rainfall is likely to increase on December 2 and 3 to extremely heavy rain at isolated places over Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari and Ramanathapuram districts and heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over Pudukottai, Sivagangai, Virudhunagar, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts and Karaikal area. Parts of Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts are likely to get heavy spells. Chennai and suburbs are likely to receive thunderstorms with light to moderate rain with sky conditions generally cloudy for the next 48 hours. Temperatures are likely to hover around a maximum of 30 deg C and a minimum of 24 deg C. M Rajeevan, secretary, ministry of earth sciences under which IMD functions tweeted, “As per present model forecasts, it (the system) may not be severe like Nivar.”

Squally winds could reach 45-55kmph, gusting to 65kmph over Comorin area, Gulf of Mannar and south Tamil Nadu-Kerala coast from December 2 noon and gradually increase to 55-65kmph gusting to 75kmph over these regions from December 3 morning.

Weather blogger Pradeep John said the system, while crossing the TN coast could pull the easterlies into the land bringing rainfall to Chennai and its neighbouring districts. “We will have rain from December 2 to 6. Historically, any weather system crossing the Gulf of Mannar has brought widespread rainfall including in Chennai. We have seen it in Cyclone Nisha in 2008 and during a low pressure in November 2017,” he said.

IMD PROJECTION: Expected path of the depression, according to the India Meteorological Department

As low pressure system intensifies, city braces for more rain this week

As low pressure system intensifies, city braces for more rain this week

Southern Suburbs To Get Heavy Rain

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Chennai:30.11.2020

After a lull, the southern suburbs should get ready for heavy rain this week as the low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal has developed and will turn into a depression in 36 hours. It will intensify further and edge closer to the Tamil Nadu coast by Wednesday. It is expected to trigger heavy rain of more than 10cm in the southern suburbs of the city and also in the southern districts of the state.

An IMD statement said, "Yesterday’s low-pressure area over south Andaman Sea and adjoining areas of southeast Bay of Bengal and equatorial Indian Ocean has developed into a well-marked low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of south Andaman Sea and equatorial Indian Ocean. It is very likely to concentrate into a depression during the next 36 hours and likely to intensify further."

The huge system, currently spread over the sea between Andamans and Sri Lanka, will cause heavy rain in Kanyakumari and Tuticorin districts from Tuesday onwards. The rain will become extremely heavy and very heavy in the southern and western districts, the next day.

IMD has forecast extremely heavy rain in Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Kanyakumari, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram and Virudhunagar districts, while isolated places at Theni, Madurai, Sivagangai and Pudukkottai are expected to get heavy to very heavy rain. Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvallur, Karaikal, Chengalpet and Kancheepuram will also be drenched.

A met official said that the system may not impact the city like Cyclone Nivar, baring a possibility of heavy rain in the southern suburbs.

Though there was only a 'trace' of rain at Nungambakkam on Saturday night, many areas of the city received good rain towards late evening and night on Sunday. Many areas in the coast, between Chennai and Puducherry and some parts till Nagapattinam, received rain on Sunday night because of the impact of the low-pressure system.

However, the day was bright with the temperature touching 30°C in Chennai.

Another round of rain in the southern suburbs will recharge the groundwater in the city. The heavy rain caused by Cyclone Nivar had converted a 11% rainfall deficit to 31% surplus. The city has got 808.2mm rain since October 1 as against the 615.5mm expected till now during the northeast monsoon season.

The depression, which will come close to the TN coast on Wednesday, is expected to trigger heavy rain of more than 10cm in the southern suburbs of the city and also in the southern districts of the state