Cyclone Mandus Updates : 10 facts to know about the Cyclone.
<p>Cyclone Mandous, a severe cyclonic storm, made landfall late Friday night, crossing the coast in Tamil Nadu with a wind speed of 75 km an hour. The cyclone has now weakened into a deep depression.Around 12 district in Tamil Nadu are being affected y the up coming Cyclone, apart from that parts of Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh have been affected by the cyclone.Also read : After trying Luck in Gujarat : AAP now ready to contest election from 100 Local constituencies in Ghaziabad.Talking about the cyclone, it started around at 11:30 pm on Friday crossed the coast near Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu around 1.30 am, uprooting hundreds of trees in Chengalpattu and neighboring Chennai. Chennai received around 115 mm of rain due to cyclone “Around 200 trees have fallen and we have been clearing them since night,” said Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation. “A major damage has been averted as we had secured many hoardings early,” he added. The city </p>
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Cyclone Mandous, a severe cyclonic storm, made landfall late Friday night, crossing the coast in Tamil Nadu with a wind speed of 75 km an hour. The cyclone has now weakened into a deep depression.
Around 12 district in Tamil Nadu are being affected y the up coming Cyclone, apart from that parts of Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh have been affected by the cyclone.
Also read : After trying Luck in Gujarat : AAP now ready to contest election from 100 Local constituencies in Ghaziabad.
Talking about the cyclone, it started around at 11:30 pm on Friday crossed the coast near Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu around 1.30 am, uprooting hundreds of trees in Chengalpattu and neighboring Chennai.
Chennai received around 115 mm of rain due to cyclone “Around 200 trees have fallen and we have been clearing them since night,” said Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation. “A major damage has been averted as we had secured many hoardings early,” he added. The city also witnessed waterlogging. As work clearing fallen trees is underway, Chennai city and Chengalpattu districts are facing power cuts. Basically a lot of distractions have been seen due to the cyclone already in the affected areas.
Ahead of the landfall, 13 domestic and three international flights were cancelled at the Chennai airport due to bad weather. “Passengers are requested to check with concerned airline(s) for further updates,” tweeted Chennai International Airport. On the intensity scale, it was earlier classified as ‘Severe Cyclonic Storm’, the fourth highest, meaning winds of 89-117 km per hour. It has since come down to ‘Cyclonic Storm’ with winds at 62-88 km/hour.
Heavy rain was reported in several parts of south coastal and Rayalaseema districts of Andhra Pradesh early on Saturday. According to a status report of the AP government, Naidupeta in Tirupati district received the highest rainfall at 281.5 mm during the past 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Saturday.
Now if talking about the name of the cyclone, it is given by UAE Mandus means “Treasure box” in Arabic language.
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