Many streetlights, including new ones installed under the Nirbhaya Fund to light up dark spots on city stretches, have been damaged during the torrential rains that pounded the city in the wake of Cyclone Michaung, while many others were found missing after the disaster. According to preliminary estimates, around 1,600 streetlights are missing from the streets after the cyclone; 1,100 …
The National Highways Authority of India has taken up repairs on two stretches of the Tiruvotriyur - Ponneri - Panchetti Road in North Chennai. The road was damaged after the jersey-type crash barrier was broken at 14 locations to allow water flow from one side to the other during the recent rains following Cyclone Michaung. NHAI sources explained that water …
With the remnants of cyclonic storm Michaung weakening into a depression, Odisha's southern areas received moderate rainfall on Wednesday while the Gajapati district administration announced the closure of all schools due to heavy downpour, officials said. The remnants of cyclonic storm Michaung weakened into a depression and lay centered at 5.30 AM of Wednesday at about 50 km east-northeast of …
The Bay of Bengal, which was not taking in rainwater being drained into it by rivers through the estuaries, has started taking in water, as the cyclone has moved away, Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena said in Chennai on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Meena said he visited the estuary and witnessed how the sea was not …
Life was thrown out of gear on the southern Andhra Pradesh coast on Tuesday as heavy rain and high-velocity winds triggered by Cyclone Michaung lashed Bapatla town and nearby villages, uprooting trees and electric poles. “The police, the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force teams have been posted on the Suryalanka beach,” said Superintendent of Police …
The severe cyclonic storm Michaung over west central Bay of Bengal, along and off south coastal Andhra Pradesh, moved northwards with a speed of 10 km/hr during the past six hours and lay centred at 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday about 20 km east of Ongole, 50 km south-southwest of Bapatla, 70 km north-northeast of Kavali, 110 km north-northeast of Nellore …
With cyclone Michaung laying 20 km away from the Nellore coast by Monday morning, as many as nine mandals were devastated with the uprooting of trees, and electrical poles, while large swathes of paddy fields were submerged. As the cyclone is expected to make landfall at Bapatla, 130 km from Kavali, an orange alert is issued all over Nellore district, …
Severe cyclonic storm ‘Michaung’, which lies 90 km northeast of Chennai, has led to heavy rainfall across several Tamil Nadu districts. A red alert was issued on north coastal Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, India Meteorological Department Director General Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said on Monday. NDRF personnel visit a low-lying area near the banks of Kosasthalaiyar river as Tamil …
Chennai: Cyclone Michaung triggered heavy rainfall in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday. “However essential services such as police, fire services, local bodies, milk supply, water supply, hospitals, medical shops, hotels restaurants…shall function as usual,” said Tamil Nadu chief secretary Shiv Das Meena in an order. The government also requested people not to go out unless necessary, …
Greater Chennai Corporation on Sunday, December 3, 2023 has advised residents along the coastal zones and residents in low-lying areas to shift to safer locations including the 162 relief shelters of the civic body owing to heavy rains and a wind velocity more than 70 km per hour. According to forecasts received by the civic body, 198 out of 200 …