Cyclone Michaung made landfall crossing the south Andhra Pradesh coast on Tuesday leaving its brunt to be felt in Chennai and adjoining areas in neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The severe cyclonic storm made landfall between 12.30 pm and a couple of.30 pm on Tuesday.
Due to the severe storm, Chennai can be dealing with acute power cuts throughout the town. At least 12 individuals have additionally misplaced their lives in varied rain-related incidents in and round Chennai. Meanwhile, safety personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors have been engaged in rescuing stranded individuals within the metropolis on Tuesday. On Monday, the town and adjoining districts confronted relentless rains on Monday as Michaung loomed over the north coastal areas of Tamil Nadu.
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- Michaung crossed close to coastal south Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla district with most gales of as much as 90 to 100 km per hour.
- The landfall phenomenon lasted round three hours.
- Chennai struggled to deal with large-scale water logging, power cuts and disruption in cellular companies.
- Several District Disaster Response Teams (DDRT) have been shaped to hold out reduction work in all rain-affected areas throughout Chennai.
- The Air Force Station, Tambaram and the Navy joined the rescue and rehabilitation works.
- More than 61,000 reduction camps have been established throughout the 9 affected districts in Chennai.
- The Chennai Corporation has introduced in 5000 staff from different districts for flood mitigation works within the metropolis.
- Schools and faculties will stay closed in and round Chennai on Wednesday.
- Air companies that have been suspended to and from Chennai airport on Monday, partially resumed on Tuesday.
- Michaung left a path of inundation, eroded roads, overflowing canals, swollen streams and ponds in Andhra Pradesh.Â
- Odisha’s southern districts too obtained rains on Tuesday within the wake of severe cyclone Michaung.
- Five groups of ODRAF deployed within the 5 southern districts – Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam.
NDRF groups deployed in southern states
A complete of 29 NDRF groups have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Puducherry to undertake reduction and rescue operations within the wake of the severe cyclonic storm Michaung hurtling down India’s japanese coast on Tuesday. Fourteen National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) groups have been deployed in Tamil Nadu (5 in Chennai), 11 in Andhra Pradesh, one in Telangana and three in Puducherry. The NDRF can be ready to launch rescue and reduction operations for the affected individuals who might be stranded, officers added.Â
(With inputs from PTI)
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