New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department has warned that a deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to strengthen into a cyclone by Wednesday and move towards Tamil Nadu, passing near the Sri Lankan coast over the next two days.
In an update released around 12 noon on Tuesday, the department reported that the deep depression was located approximately 310 km southeast of Trincomalee, 710 km south-southeast of Puducherry, and 800 km south-southeast of Chennai as of 8:30 am.
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"It is very likely to continue moving north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm on November 27. Thereafter, it will continue to move north-northwestwards towards the Tamil Nadu coast, skirting the Sri Lanka coast during the subsequent two days," the IMD said.
Tamil Nadu has been receiving consistent rainfall since the monsoon began on October 17. Nearly 90 reservoirs across the state are now over 60 per cent full. The reservoirs collectively hold 143.804 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of water, which is 64.11 per cent of their total capacity of 224.297 tmcft.
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Published: 26 Nov 2024, 02:19 pm IST
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