Days after Cyclone Mandous wreaked havoc in Tamil Nadu, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday predicted {that a} cyclonic circulation was prone to emerge into south Andaman Sea on Tuesday (December 13). The circulation is prone to transfer west-northwestwards away from the Indian coast thereafter.
Under its affect, heavy and pretty widespread rainfall is prone to happen over Andaman and Nicobar on December 14 and 15.
Light to reasonable rainfall at most locations with heavy rainfall at remoted locations is probably going over Tamil Nadu immediately and over Kerala and Mahe and reduce in rainfall exercise over the area thereafter, it mentioned.
Squally climate with a wind velocity reaching 35-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph may be very seemingly over southeast and adjoining east central Arabian Sea and alongside and off Kerala-Karnataka coast on Monday and Tuesday, the forecast mentioned.
⇒ A cyclonic circulation prone to emerge into south Andaman Sea round thirteenth December, 2022. Under its affect, pretty widespread rainfall with remoted heavy falls seemingly over Andaman & Nicobar on 14th & fifteenth December.
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 11, 2022
Fishermen have been suggested to not enterprise into southeast and adjoining east central Arabian Sea and alongside and off Kerala-Karnataka coast on December 12 and 13.
On December 9, Cyclone Mandous, which emerged from the Bay of Bengal, had made its landfall in Mamallapuram, 30 km from Chennai. This resulted in heavy rainfall and squally winds in components of coastal Tamil Nadu. The cyclone crossed the coast between Puducherry and Sriharikota at round 1.30 am on December 10, earlier than weakening right into a deep despair.
Cyclone Mandous now lies in north inside Tamil Nadu as a low stress and continues to convey rains to north Tamil Nadu districts, together with Chennai and its neighbouring districts; Bangalore and South Andhra Pradesh.
The cyclone wreaked havoc in components of Chennai, the place bushes had been uprooted and waterlogging was reported in low-lying areas. The metropolis acquired 115.1 mm of rainfall the day earlier than the cyclone made landfall, the IMD mentioned.
Under the affect of the cyclonic storm’s passage into land, reasonable to heavy rainfall, accompanied by gale wind was witnessed in a number of coastal areas. In the previous 121 years (1891-2021), 12 cyclones have crossed the coast between Chennai and Puducherry. Cyclone Mandous is the thirteenth to make landfall within the area.
To sort out any form of emergency, as many as 16,000 police personnel and 1,500 Home guards had been deployed within the state for security, reduction, and rescue duties, and a 40-member workforce of the Tamil Nadu State Disaster Response Force, along with 12 District Disaster Response Force groups, had been on standby, the police mentioned. Nearly 400 personnel of the NDRF and State Disaster Response Force groups had been stationed in coastal areas, together with close to the Cauvery delta space. Barricades had been arrange within the metropolis to forestall motorists from getting nearer to potholes and different areas with water stagnation.
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