Tamil Nadu: Depression off Kanyakumari coast likely to turn into cyclone
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Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will receive widespread rains in the next two days owing to a depression that lay off the Comorin area of the Indian Ocean. There is a possibility of it turning into a deep depression and form as a Cyclone, said Balachandran, South Zone Head of the Indian Meteorological Department in Chennai.
The depression brewing in the Comorin area of the Indian Ocean coincides with extremely severe cyclonic storm Kyarr in the Arabian Sea that is to turn into a very severe cyclonic storm by Wednesday night and a severe cyclonic storm by Thursday night, thus causing rough sea conditions in the region.
Over the last 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall has occurred across 80 places in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district received the maximum of 19cm rainfall. Wednesday was declared as a rain holiday for schools and colleges in Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Theni, Virudhunagar, Vellore and Ramanathapuram.
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have recorded 20 centimetres rainfall for October which is 14 per cent higher than the usual 17 centimetres for the period. While the ideal date for the onset of monsoon is generally October 20, this year it has made the onset 4 days in advance on the October 16.
“Currently the depression lay 220 kilometres South West of Thiruvananthapuram and over the next 24 hours it is expected to intensify into a deep depression and it could move North westwards towards Lakshadweep. If this depression gains strength and intensifies into a cyclone, it will be called ‘Maha’, as named by Oman,” Balachandran added.
Heavy rain is expected to lash 21 districts in Tamil Nadu including Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, Madurai, Trichy, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, besides delta district and those adjoining the Western Ghats.
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Though the Southwest monsoon, that typically starts by June, caters to the needs of a large part of the country. The Northeast monsoon is crucial for Tamil Nadu as over 60 per cent of the coastal districts’ rainfall is brought in by the Northeast monsoon, while it brings around 40-50 per cent of the rainfall for the state’s interior districts.
