Tamil Nadu rains: ICG issues advisories for fishing boats to return to harbour

As a deep depression in the southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclone and move towards Tamil Nadu the Indian Coast Guard has started coordinating with the state agencies to ensure seafarers safetyThe ICG said that its ships aircraft and radar stations issued advisories for fishing boats to return to the harbourDeep Depression in the BayofBengal likely to intensify into a cyclone and move towards Tamilnadu as per IMD IndiaCoastGuard Region HQs East is coordinating with state agencies to ensure seafarers safety ICG Ships Aircraft amp Radar Stations issuing advisories for fishing boats to return to harbour the ICG said in a post on X on WednesdayMeanwhile the India Meteorological Department IMD said that the Deep Depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved slowly northnorthwestwards with a speed of 3 kmph during past 6 hoursThe Deep Depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved slowly northnorthwestwards with a speed of 3 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 1730 hours IST of today the 27th November 2024 over the same region near latitude 89degN and longitude 821degE about 100 km eastnortheast of Trincomalee 320 km southeast of Nagappattinam 420 km southeast of Puducherry and 500 km southsoutheast of Chennai the IMD saidIt is very likely to continue to move northnorthwestwards skirting Sri Lanka coast and intensify into a cyclonic storm during next 12 hours Thereafter it will continue to move northnorthwestwards and reach near north Tamil NaduPuducherry coasts as a deep depression around morning of 30th November the IMD addedMeanwhile Pamban Port in Tamil Nadus Ramanathapuram experienced strong winds on Wednesday due to a deep depression over the southwest Bay of BengalAccording to the India Meteorological Department IMD the deep depression is expected to move northnorthwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm later today November 27Fishermen in the Cuddalore district were seen pulling their boats ashore due to rough seasAuthorities have declared a holiday for schools and colleges in nine districts including Villupuram Tiruvallur Cuddalore Thanjavur Tiruvarur Nagapattinam Mayiladuthurai Ramanathapuram and Trichy due to heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday Schools in Chennai Kanchipuram Chengalpet Ariyalur Sivagangai and Pudukottai will also remain closed todayMadras University Karaikudi Alagappa University Bharathidasan University and the Directorate of Technical Education have postponed their scheduled semester exams citing heavy rainfall predictions Revised dates will be announced laterThe IMD has predicted widespread heavy rainfall today due to the possible cyclonic storm in the Bay of BengalHeavy to very heavy rainfall is expected at a few places with extremely heavy rain at one or two locations in Cuddalore Mayiladuthurai and the Karaikal area Heavy to very heavy rainfall is also likely at isolated places in Chennai Thiruvallur Kanchipuram Chengalpet Villupuram Ariyalur Thanjavur Tiruvarur Nagapattinam and Pudukottai districts as well as in Puducherry the IMD said in a release earlierThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever