Violent wind Fengal: 500 mm 'historic' downpours pound Puducherry, TN's Villupuram; UT battles with flooding

Heavy rainfall triggered surges across Puducherry, evacuating trees and causing broad control blackouts. Homes stay waterlogged, transport administrations were hit and alleviation centres set up for evacuees.

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The roads of Puducherry remain submerged as Cyclone Fengal brings heavy precipitation to the Union Territory on Sunday.

CHENNAI: The cyclonic storm ‘Fengal‘, which made landfall late Saturday, conveyed Puducherry its heaviest precipitation in decades and unleashed record deluges in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district. The Indian Meteorological Division said on Sunday that Fengal remained stationary close Puducherry and would continuously debilitate by afternoon.

Automatic climate stations in Mailam (Villupuram) and Puducherry have recorded 504 mm and 490 mm of precipitation separately till 7.15 am on Sunday. Essentially, Chennai gotten over 18 cm of precipitation in 24 hours from Friday evening to 5.30 pm on Saturday.

This was the most noteworthy precipitation at Puducherry, which observed over 21 cm precipitation on October 31, 2004. This is moreover higher than the 494 mm precipitation Chennai had received in 2015, which drove to a gigantic downpour that disabled the city.

Puducherry Paralyzed, Rescue Operations Underway

‘Fengal’ made landfall between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram near to Puducherry on Saturday night, bringing exceptionally overwhelming rain to areas along the north Tamil Nadu coast, counting Chennai.

The violent wind activated overwhelming precipitation driving to immersion of all private regions on the edges of Puducherry’s boulevard limits. Trees were evacuated at different places beneath the affect of the cyclonic storm. Control blackouts were detailed in most of the territories since 11 pm on Saturday.

All shops and trade foundations remain closed.

Main lanes and blood vessel streets were waterlogged . Farmlands with standing crops bore the brunt of the overwhelming rain.

Many lodging colonies were waterlogged and inhabitants might not step out of the residences for hours together. Two-wheelers and cars stuck at streets with partly submerged water that entered a few houses.

The government set up help centers to suit individuals cleared from low-lying areas. Senior citizens opined that such anger of nature was seen over three decades back in the union territory.

Transport administrations were hit and associations like Pondicherry Legacy Circular Table 167 volunteered to supplement the endeavours of the government to supply nourishment parcels to individuals remaining in help camps.

Officials said protect operations are underway in numerous influenced ranges and hundreds of inhabitants were emptied from flood-hit zones. The operations have been conducted productively with the facilitation of the nearby organizations, police strengths, Armed force and specialized protect teams.

Rain threats persist

Heavy rain notices stay in put for Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Tiruvannamalai, and Puducherry on Sunday.

According to the most recent overhaul gotten from the met office, the storm over north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry remained stationary for past six hours and lay centered over the same local near to Puducherry around 30 km north of Cuddalore, 40 km east of Villupuram and 120 km south-southwest of Chennai.

“It is likely to move westwards gradually and debilitate continuously into a profound misery over north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry amid the another 6 hours. The framework is being ceaselessly observed,” S Balachandran, chief, Territorial Meteorological Middle (RMC) said.

The RMC said the winding groups related with the tornado had touched arrive at 6.30 pm and would cross the coast over the following 3 to 4 hours, with a wind speed of 70-80 mph blasting up to 90kmph. The storm was ceaselessly observed by the doppler climate radar at Chennai.

Balachandran told columnists that it was a exceptionally energetic cyclonic storm continually changing moving speeds. “As per the most recent sea fawning information, the landfall handle might take a few hours for the eye of the storm to totally move inland,” he said.

Officials said all the imperative lake catchment zones in and around Chennai observed great downpours boosting the level of water. The downpours were not undermining as they took place in irregular spells. The precipitation extended from 10 cm to 13 cm in most of the climate stations.

In Chennai, the most elevated precipitation of 13.2cm was recorded by the programmed climate station at Jaya Designing College, took over by Meenambakkam with 11.4cm, and Nungambakkam with 10.4cm. Puducherry, where the landfall recorded 10.4cm, whereas the Mailam station in Villupuram recorded 13.6cm. This information is from the 8.30 am to 5.30 pm window on Saturday.

On Sunday, precipitation was anticipated over Villupuram, Kallakuruchi and Cuddalore areas and Puducherry, where a red alarm had been issued.

Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Dharmapuri, Salem, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai areas and Karaikal locale will too encounter a few showers, the Met said.

Weathermen Warn of Squally Winds Reaching 65 kmph

Blasting to 75kmph, would continue over north Tamil Nadu coast and wind with speed of 35kmph to 45kmph, blasting to 55 kmph, will win over south Tamil Nadu coast, abutting Comorin region and the Inlet of Mannar.

Windy conditions would proceed to win till December 3, and subsequently, anglers have been exhorted not to wander out into the ocean amid this period.