Cyclone Fengal live update: Tamil Nadu Schools closed as storm to intensify in 24 hours

Over the last several hours a deep depression has moved north-northwest across the Southwest Bay of Bengal and is predicted to strengthen into Cyclone Fengal update. This system is expected to bring rain to the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the police said on Thursday.

A deep depression over the south-west Bay of Bengal has led to warnings in Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh. About 550 kilometers south-east of Chennai at present, Cyclone Fengal landfall is likely to make landfall in the next 12 hours, leading up to a significant variation in weather in the region in the coming days.

Coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are likely to receive heavy rain in the next few days Authorities have warned residents to be vigilant and advised fishermen to avoid the Bay of Bengal, where seas were rough.

Within the next 24 hours Yclon Fengal is expected to strengthen. “It is expected to continue moving north-northwestward and very likely to cross between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram by morning of 30th morning. “Under the influence of this system, rainfall is expected in the next couple of days, fairly widespread moderate rainfall over most of the parts of Tamil Nadu,” a senior IMD official said.

A. Namassivayam has announced that all schools and colleges in the Puducherry and Karaikal regions, including private and government-aided institutions, will be closed for two days beginning Friday due to the continuing rains and Cyclone Fengal 2024.

Important Cyclone Kodiyakarai received the most rainfall (20 mm) in the Nagapattinam district of Fengal, Tamil Nadu, followed by Thirukuvalai, Vedaranyam, and Thalaignayer, all of which received 10 mm. Flooding has occurred in many low-lying localities, including Sebastian Nagar and Velankanni in Sivasakthi Nagar and Valliammai Nagar and Gomathi Nagar in Nagore.

The system is expected to move nearly north-northwest, bypassing the Sri Lankan coast, and intensify into a cyclonic storm over the following 12 hours, according to the most recent RMC alert. With wind gusts of up to 70 kmph and 50–60 kmph, it is expected to travel across the north Tamil Nadu–Puducherry beaches between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram as a deep depression on the morning of November 30.