Mandous Cyclone

A deep depression in the southern Bay of Bengal officially intensified into cyclonic storm Mandous in the intermittent night of December 8.

Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy chaired a meeting on Wednesday to review the territorial government's preparedness in case of exigencies arising due to heavy rainfall expected to pound Puducherry and Karaikal under the influence of cyclonic storm Mandous. As a result, areas in Chennai that are expected to receive light rainfall over the next three hours are: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel had arrived in Puducherry with some teams deputed to Karaikal to carry out relief and rehabilitation work according to requirements. The RMC added that Mandous would cross between Puducherry and Sriharikota with a wind speed of 70 kmph around midnight on Friday, December 9. To move WNW and cross north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south AP coast bw Puducherry and Sriharikota with a wind speed of 70 kmph around midnight of 09 Dec.— Tamilnadu Weather-IMD (@ChennaiRmc) The cyclonic storm Mandous is approximately 530 km east-southeast of Karaikal.

Cyclone Mandous: चक्रवाती तूफान मांडोस की वजह से अगले कुछ दिनों तक कई राज्यों में भारी बारिश ...

दक्षिण पश्चिम और उससे सटे दक्षिण पूर्व बंगाल की खाड़ी में गहरे दबाव से बना चक्रवाती ...

इसकी अधिकतम गति 30 से 300 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा हो सकती है. 'मैंडूस' तूफान का नाम संयुक्त अरब अमीरात की ओर से दिया गया है. दक्षिण पश्चिम और उससे सटे दक्षिण पूर्व बंगाल की खाड़ी में गहरे दबाव से बना चक्रवाती तूफान 'मैंडूस' (Mandous) उत्तरी तमिलनाडु, पुडुचेरी और दक्षिण आंध्र प्रदेश के तटों की ओर बढ़ रहा है.

IMD also issued a storm surge warning forecasting a storm surge of about 0.5 m height above the astronomical tide.

Cyclone Mandous is likely cross the coast between Sriharikota in Tirupati district and Puducherry with a maximum sustained wind speed of 65-75 kmph on ...

Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected in Tamil Nadu as cyclonic storm 'Mandous' over Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm soon ...

"It will maintain its intensity of severe cyclonic storm till early morning of 9th December and then weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm tomorrow." A defence release said that several measures have been initiated by the Coast Guard (Eastern Region) in view of the cyclonic storm. On December 9, light to moderate rainfall is expected at most places and heavy to very heavy showers at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in north coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry.

Chennai: Heavy rainfall is expected in Tamil Nadu as cyclonic storm 'Mandous' over Bay of Bengal intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is predicted ...

On December 9, light to moderate rainfall is expected at most places and heavy to very heavy showers at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in north coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry. "It will maintain its intensity of severe cyclonic storm till early morning of 9th December and then weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm tomorrow." All oil rigs and offshore installations have been requested to ensure the safety of personnel, the release said. It is very likely to maintain its intensity of SCS till early morning of 9th Dec and then weaken gradually into a CS by forenoon of 9th Dec." The IMD on its Twitter handle said, "the CS Mandous intensified into an SCS and lay centred at 1730 IST over SW BoB about 350 km ESE of Karaikal and about 440 km SE of Chennai. Chennai: Heavy rainfall is expected in Tamil Nadu as cyclonic storm 'Mandous' over Bay of Bengal intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is predicted to weaken gradually before crossing the coast near here on December 9 at midnight, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday.