As the cyclone made a landfall close to Puducherry, between 10.30 pm and 11.30 p.m. on Saturday, Villupuram district, especially the coastal belt, experienced strong gale and continuous rain from early in the morning, bringing life to a standstill. Due to intermittent rain, several residential localities – the arterial East Coast Road and interior bylanes in Marakkanam, Kottakuppam, Koonimedukuppam and …
Cyclone Nivar, which made landfall near Puducherry early on November 26, is now a severe cyclonic storm, and is expected to weaken further by midnight. Jagan Mohan Reddy instructed officials to take all steps to contain the damage caused by cyclone Nivar, which made landfall off Tamil Nadu coast in the early hours of Thursday. 1.30 pm | Tamil Nadu …