The depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has deepened and is predicted to become a cyclonic storm by Wednesday, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai. Up until Thursday, November 28, the IMD has predicted light to moderate precipitation with sporadic heavy downpours throughout the region.
Due to the ongoing rainfall in the Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu, the district administration announced that schools and colleges will not be open on Wednesday. According to reports, the district’s ongoing downpour today prompted Tiruchirappalli District Collector Pradeep Kumar to make this remark.
Ahead of Tuesday’s heavy rains, officials in a number of areas, including Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, and Tiruvarur, had announced a holiday for schools and colleges.
The depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has deepened and is expected to continue to build into a cyclonic storm on Wednesday, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai.
“Yesterday’s depression will intensify into a deep depression… It is likely to further intensify into a cyclonic storm and move towards the north direction, towards the Tamil Nadu coast,” S. Balachandran, Director of the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said.
Due to unfavourable weather conditions, IndiGo Airlines has issued a travel advice on flight disruptions to and from Chennai, Tuticorin, and Madurai. The airline thanked passengers for their understanding and wished for a speedy recovery from the ongoing difficulties.
“#6ETravelAdvisory: Due to adverse weather conditions, flights to/from #Chennai, #Tuticorin, and #Madurai continue to be impacted, while #Tiruchirappalli and #Salem might now also be affected,” the airline posted on X.
Over the past six hours, the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has drifted almost northward at a speed of 10 km/h over the south-southeast of Chennai, according to the India Meteorological Department. The IMD added that it is quite expected that the depression would continue to travel northwest and deepen into a cyclonic storm on Wednesday. It will then continue to move northwest towards the coast of Tamil Nadu, avoiding the coast of Sri Lanka over the next two days.
The IMD added that there would be heavy to very heavy rain in a few locations on Wednesday, with extremely heavy rain in one or two locations, in the Tamil Nadu districts of Cuddalore and Mayiladuthurai as well as the Karaikal area. Isolated places over Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villuppuram, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, and Pudukkottai districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are also likely to witness heavy to very heavy rain, with heavy rain likely to occur at isolated places over Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Sivaganga, and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Rayalaseema, the IMD further stated.
Additionally, the IMD had issued flash flood warnings for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal watersheds and communities.
Moderate to high flash flood threat likely to occur in Madurai, Perambalur, Salem, Teni, and Virudhunagar districts, with high flash flood risk in Karaikal, Puducherry, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kanchipuram, Kanyakumari, Karur, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nilgiri, Perambalur, Salem, Sivaganga, Teni, Thiruvarur, Tirunelveli, Tiruvallur, Tuticorin, Villupuram, and Virudhunagar districts.
