Cyclone Fengal makes landfall: 3 lose lives in separate incidents
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Chennai: Cyclone Fengal had started making landfall close to Puducherry and three people lost lives in separate incidents due to the storm in Tamil Nadu. All three lost their lives due to electric shock from electric lines.
Citing data and observations, India Meteorological Department-Regional Meteorological Centre, Additional Director General, S Balachandran told PTI that the process of the cyclone's landfall commenced at about 5.30 pm on November 30.
On the area of landfall, he said it was close to the 'Puducherry area' and that it may take approximately 4 hours for the completion of the landfall process and added that more related information would be made available later.
In an update at 7.35 pm, the IMD said: "Latest observations indicate that the forward sector of spiral bands associated with the cyclone has entered into the land. It is likely to move west-southwestwards 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 the next 3 to 4 hours." The cyclonic storm over Southwest Bay of Bengal was about 40 km away from the coast, 50 km south-southeast of Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu), 60 km east-northeast of Puducherry and 90 km south of Chennai, the IMD added.
Chennai airport on Friday announced the suspension of operations till 4 am Sunday following the inundation of runways after heavy rains and the 'adverse weather condition' due to the cyclone. Over 50 flights have been cancelled, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at airports in Chennai and neighbouring states.
