Cyclone Fengal, which lashed the coasts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, has prompted 460 mm of rain in Puducherry, probably the most the Union Territory has seen, in keeping with the India Meteorological Division (IMD), Chennai.
The earlier heaviest spell that the UT had seen was on October 31, 2004, recording 210 mm of rain, the IMD Chennai officers stated.
In the meantime, Villupuram in north Tamil Nadu recorded 500mm. Many properties have been reported to be flooded, timber uprooted, energy traces snapped and lots of low-lying areas inundated. Roads largely stay cut-off in northern Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
“It is because of its gradual motion, Fengal has introduced exceptionally heavy rainfall over some districts of north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry. Regardless of 9 hours having handed that it crossed over land, Fengal continues to keep up its depth as a cyclone, in opposition to the norm of weakening when any cyclone hits land,” stated an IMD official.
In line with IMD, Fengal’s motion has been extraordinarily gradual even submit the landfall and the storm has remained near the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast since final night time.
“Cyclone Fengal moved south-westwards with a pace of seven km/h through the previous 6 hours. It’s more likely to transfer westwards slowly and weaken progressively right into a deep melancholy over north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry through the subsequent three hours,” IMD stated on Sunday morning.
The Chennai airport resumed operations at 1 am on Sunday, however a number of delays and flight cancellations have saved the operations gradual.
