Deep Depression to cross close to Puducherry as cyclonic storm

The Deep Depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 7 Kmph during past six  hours and lay centred over the same region, about 260 km northeast of Trincomalee, 310 km east of Nagappattinam, 360 km east-southeast of Puducherry and 400 km southeast of Chennai.

It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram close to Puducherry around morning of November 30 as a cyclonic storm, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday.

As per IMD, the system is likely to cross with a wind speed of 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph.

Rain Forecast

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 is likely over north Tamil Nadu– Puducherry on 29th & 30th November and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall on 1st December.

Coastal Andhra Pradesh: Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over south coastal Andhra Pradesh on 29th to 30th November; extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places on 29th November.

Rayalaseema: Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely on 29th & 30th November; extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places on 29th November.

South interior Karnataka: Light to moderate rainfall at many places with isolated heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely on 29th, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on 30th November and 1st December and heavy rainfall at isolated places on 2nd December.