Cyclone Fengal to trigger heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry: IMD

The Cyclonic Storm “FENGAL” (pronounced as FEINJAL)  over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 7 kmph during the past 6 hours and lay centred at 0230 hours IST of today in the same region.

It is about 370 km north of Trincomalee, 210 km northeast of Nagappattinam, 180 km east of Puducherry and 190 km southeast of Chennai.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that the cyclonic storm is likely to move nearly west-northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram close to Puducherry as a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph during afternoon of November 30.

Rainfall Warning

Tamil Nadu & Puducherry: Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over north Tamil Nadu – Puducherry on 30th November; heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over interior Tamil Nadu on 1st December, and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Tamil Nadu on 2nd and 3rd December.

Coastal Andhra Pradesh: Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over south coastal Andhra Pradesh on 30th November, and heavy rainfall at isolated places on 1st December.

South interior Karnataka: Light to moderate rainfall at many places with isolated heavy rainfall is likely on 30th November, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on 01st & 2 nd December.

Kerala: Light to moderate rainfall at many places with isolated heavy rainfall is likely on 30th November, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on 01st & 2nd December.