homeenvironment NewsCyclone Michaung: Heavy rains lash Tamil Nadu, NDRF rescues 15 people from Tambaram area
Cyclone Michaung: Heavy rains lash Tamil Nadu, NDRF rescues 15 people from Tambaram area
The cyclonic storm It is likely to continue to move northwestwards, intensify further and reach west-central Bay of Bengal, off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts by Monday forenoon.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams on Monday, December 4, rescued around 15 people from the Tambaram area near Peerkankaranai and Perungalathur in Tamil Nadu amid severe waterlogging after heavy rainfall in the state. The NDRF has deployed 21 teams in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry and eight additional teams have been kept in reserve in view of the impending cyclone 'Michaung' in the Bay of Bengal which is likely to hit some parts of southern India.
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu | National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams rescued around 15 people from the Tambaram area near Peerkankaranai and Perungalathur due to severe waterlogging after heavy rainfall in the city: NDRF pic.twitter.com/Q0r5DW908u
— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2023
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal on Sunday, December 4, intensified into a cyclonic storm, 'Michaung', and is likely to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Machilipatnam during the forenoon of December 5 with a maximum sustained wind speed of 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a bulletin.
The cyclonic storm over southwest Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of 9 kmph and lay centred at 4.30 pm on Sunday over the same region near latitude 11.8N and longitude 82.2E, about 260 km east-southeast of Puducherry, 250 km southeast of Chennai, 380 km south-southeast of Nellore, 490 km south-southeast of Bapatla and 500 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam.
It is likely to continue to move northwestwards, intensify further and reach west-central Bay of Bengal, off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts by Monday forenoon. Thereafter, it would move nearly northwards almost parallel and close to south Andhra Pradesh coast and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Machilipatnam during the forenoon of December 5 as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, the statement said.
The Centre has asked states concerned to take up all necessary precautionary measures. The Chief Secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Puducherry and Special Chief Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management, Andhra Pradesh apprised the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) of the preparatory measures being taken.
Alerts are being issued in local languages through SMS and weather bulletins. Fishermen and vessels at sea have returned to safety. Essential commodities have been stocked. The local administration has deployed a sufficient number of officials for round-the-clock supervision and monitoring of the situation.
With inputs from PTI
First Published: Dec 4, 2023 7:41 AM IST
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