Cyclone Fengal weakened on Sunday, a day after making landfall near Puducherry, but its influence brought torrential rain to the union territory, which had the most rainfall in three decades, prompting the deployment of the Army and the NDRF to evacuate stranded people from inundated streets.
In #Krishnagiri dist #Uthangarai, 503 mm of rainfall was recorded in the past 24hrs. leading to floods on the roads. Quite a rare to see such numbers in interiors. Slow moving cyclones are always dangerous. #CycloneFengal #Tamilnadu #Floods #Krishnagiri pic.twitter.com/nlvhdNclHB
— sudhakar (@naidusudhakar) December 2, 2024
Due to the forecast of heavy rain caused by Cyclone Fengal, which is expected to move to the west and northwest after weakening and reach the Kerala-Karnataka coasts as a low-pressure area around December 3, Puducherry’s schools and colleges were closed on Monday, December 2.
According to news agency PTI, certain institutions and colleges in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram, Cuddalore, Vellore, and Ranipet districts—where significant rainfall is also anticipated—will also be shuttered.
Key details of Cyclone Fengal and its effects are as follows:
- The likelihood of heavy rains striking the coastal and Rayalaseema districts of Andhra Pradesh has increased as Cyclone Fengal, which made landfall on the coasts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on November 30, has weakened and started to move towards the west and northwest.
2. IMD said in its a post on X that the remnants of the weather system will continue to move west-northwestwards and weaken gradually into a well marked low pressure area over north interior Tamil Nadu by Monday morning. “The remnant low pressure area is likely to emerge over southeast and adjoining east central Arabian Sea off north Kerala-Karnataka coasts around December 3,” IMD said.
3. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also issued an orange alert for Bengaluru and its nearby districts till December 3 due to rough weather conditions. Light to moderate rainfall is likely to continue till December 5.
4. The University of Madras has announced that regular examinations to be conducted today (December 2) have been postponed and that the revised dates will be informed later, reported The Hindu.
- The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been actively participating in rescue operations, utilizing boats to transport individuals from flood-affected regions. Indian Army battalions were also deployed in Chennai, saving around 100 people in two hours, according to news agency ANI.
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Source: HT
