Cyclone Mandous: Red alert issued to three districts in Tamilnadu

As several districts receive rains owing to the Cyclone Mandous, red alert has been issued to three districts: Chengalpattu, Villupuram and Kancheepuram.

The cyclone is expected to cross with a maximum sustained wind speed of 65 kmph -75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph on Friday midnight to early hours of December 10.

Under the influence of cyclonic storm, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu are likely to get heavy to very heavy rain for the next few hours. Also, north interior districts are expected to get heavy rain today.

The cyclone formed as a low pressure area near the coast of Andaman and intensified into a cyclone moving in the west southwest direction. Mandous is currently over 200 kms southeast to Chennai.

The cyclone will cross between Puducherry and Sriharikota from tonight to tomorrow early morning.

Orange alert to 8 districts:

Chennai, Tiruvallur, Ranipet, Vellore, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi and Cuddalore.

Yellow alert to 16 districts:

Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchy, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Mayiladuthurai, Karaikkal, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukottai, Sivaganga, Madurai, Dindigul.