According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, the cyclone has lost considerable strength and is moving at a very slow pace. It was centred 510 km south-southeast of Chennai and was moving north-northwest at a speed of 3 kmph.
According to the MeT, this is the third successive system that has formed in the Bay within a few days and is very likely to move north north-westwards and turn into a depression in the next 48 hours.
Ahead of the landfall, heavy rains have already lashed parts of the state, causing waterlogging in several areas of the Chennai district.
Schools in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts were closed for the second consecutive day on Wednesday owing to rains, the…
