Cyclone Vardah batters Tamil Nadu, Chennai resembles ghost town
12 Dec 2016 6:43 PM IST12 Dec 2016 6:43 PM IST
Traffic came to a grinding halt in most areas due to heavy rain, with uprooted trees and electric poles blocking roads.
Two persons were killed as heavy rains accompanied by high velocity winds on Monday pounded the city and coastal districts of north Tamil Nadu due to severe cyclonic storm \"Vardah\" which began making landfall near Chennai, uprooting hundreds of trees, disrupting land and air transport and throwing normal life out of gear.- 7357 people are evacuated to 54 relief centres safely so far in Tamil Nadu. Over 9,400 people have also been evacuated from along the Bay of Bengal coast in SPS Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
- 260 trees and 37 electric poles had fallen and 190 trees removed. As many 224 roads were blocked and 24 huts damaged.
- Flight operations at the airport in Chennai have been suspended till 5 pm. Long distance buses have been stalled and traffic came to a grinding halt in most areas with uprooted trees and electric poles blocking the roads.
- Power supply was suspended in many parts of these regions as a precautionary measure.
- The wind speed near Chennai 90-100 kmph. Heavy rains and storm surge is expected. Landfall process has commenced at 2 PM. The cyclone will cross between 2-5 PM, IMD said.
- The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that the entire landfall process will be completed during the next 1-2 hours but conditions would remain rough even thereafter.
- The wind speed had considerably reduced when the cyclone made landfall. The Navy said that while the leading edge of the storm was inland, the trailing edge would soon hit.
Two persons were killed as heavy rains accompanied by high velocity winds on Monday pounded the city and coastal districts of north Tamil Nadu due to severe cyclonic storm \"Vardah\" which began making landfall near Chennai, uprooting hundreds of trees, disrupting land and air transport and throwing normal life out of gear.
Traffic came to a grinding halt in most areas due to heavy rain, with uprooted trees and electric poles blocking roads.
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