Ditwah Cyclone Effect: Cyclone Ditwah’s effects are still lingering in Tamil Nadu as the deep depression it created continued to batter Chennai and several other districts on Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Chennai and four other districts as very heavy rainfall continued on the day.
Heavy periods accompanied by moderate thunderstorms with maximum wind speed of 40-60 kmph are likely in Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts, the IMD said in its latest bulletin as the impact of Cyclone Ditwah continued.
Cyclone Ditwah effect: Orange alert for Chennai, four other districts
The IMD has placed Chennai on orange alert for Tuesday, December 2, as the city experienced heavy rains due to the effect of Cyclone Ditwah.
Heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Ranipet districts, the IMD said in its bulletin.
It has placed Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Villuppuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore districts and Puducherry on yellow alert and predicted heavy rain over isolated places in these areas.
IMD forecast for tomorrow: Coimbatore under orange alert
On December 3, IMD predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in three regions including Nilgiris, Erode and Coimbatore districts. It put the districts on orange alert.
“Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Theni, Dindigul, Tiruppur, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Salem and Namakkal districts,” the Met department said, putting the areas on orange alert.
IMD forecasts after Cyclone Ditwah
In its latest bulletin, the IMD said the depression, essentially the remnants of Cyclone Ditwah, had moved southwest as it continued to bring rain.
“Depression (Remnant of cyclonic storm Ditwah) over Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of West Central Bay of Bengal, North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and South Coast Andhra Pradesh has been slowly moving South-Southwest at 3 km/ha during the last 6 hours centered at 08:25 20:00 IST today in the same area of latitude 12.8°N and longitude 80.5°E, about 40 km east-southeast of Chennai (India), 120 km north-east of Puducherry (India), 140 km north-east of Cuddalore (India) and 190 km south-southeast of Nellore-North depression from the center of Tamil (India), about 25 km,” it said.
“It is very likely to continue to move slowly southwestwards towards north coast of Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and maintain depression intensity till today evening, December 2. After that, as it moves towards the coast, it is very likely to weaken into a well-marked low pressure area during the next 12 hours,” the IMD said.
