Numerous regions in north Tamil Nadu have seen heavy rain due to Cyclone Ditwah, which has disrupted daily life. As the storm continued to track along the coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a red alert for areas of North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and neighbouring south Andhra Pradesh.
According to state revenue and disaster management minister KKSSR Ramachandran, Tamil Nadu authorities have sent 28 disaster response teams, including SDRF and NDRF units, and ten more teams from neighbouring states are anticipated. The minister confirmed that three persons have perished in rain-related accidents connected to Cyclone Ditwah, according to news agency ANI.
Cyclone Ditwah is still over the southwest Bay of Bengal, near the north Tamil Nadu–Puducherry coastline, according to the IMD.Before settling over the same area late on Sunday morning, the system “moved nearly northwards with the speed of 7 kmph during the past 6 hours,” according to the weather service. “The minimum distance of the centre of the cyclone from north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts is about 80 km,” the statement continued.
The storm “lay centred at 1130 hrs IST… near latitude 11.5°N and longitude 80.6°E” and stayed essentially there, according to the bulletin. It was located approximately 100 km southeast of Cuddalore, 110 km northeast of Karaikal, 100 km southeast of Puducherry, 150 km northeast of Vedaranniyam, and 170 km southeast of Chennai. It is anticipated that the storm will continue to move along the coast. “It is very likely to move nearly northwards parallel to North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts during the next 24 hours,” according to the IMD.
According to the agency, the cyclone is predicted to stay over the southwest Bay of Bengal on November 30 at a minimum distance of 60 km by afternoon and 30 km by evening as it advances north. Particularly in the Cauvery delta, where Ramanathapuram and Nagapattinam districts reported significant waterlogging, heavy showers persisted throughout much of Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
Numerous low-lying areas in coastal towns like Rameswaram and Nagapattinam were flooded. Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Villupuram, Chengalpattu, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and Ranipet, as well as Puducherry and Karaikal, are expected to see heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the course of the weather office, according to news agency PTI.
Along the north coastal Tamil Nadu–Puducherry area, strong surface winds of 60–70 kmph with gusts of up to 80 kmph are predicted to persist. Fishermen have been told not to go into the sea in the meantime. By the morning of December 1st, sea conditions are expected to progressively improve from their current high level.
