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Cyclonic Storm "Murasu" forms over Bay, Chennai, North TN dists to get very heavy spell for 2 days

Chennai, Nov 1 (UNI) As the second successive Cyclonic Storm named "Murasu' has formed over the Bay, the Met office has forecast heavy to very heavy rains in Chennai and its neighbouring Northern districts for two days and has issued an Orange alert for tomorrow.
Though the Cyclonic story would intensify as Severe Cyclonic storm by tomorrow morning and expected to make a landfall in Andhra Pradesh between midnight and the early hours of November three, Chennai and its adjoining districts would receive heavy spells, as the system started moving closer to North TN coast.
In view of the Cyclonic Storm, Distant Cautionary Signal Number One was hoisted in 11 ports -- 9 in Tamil Nadu and 2 in Puducherry.
In Tamil Nadu Storm Warning Signals were hoised at Chennai, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Ennore, Kattupalli, Pambam, Thoothukudi, Rameswaram and Colachel, while in the adjoining union Territory it was hoisted at Puducherry and Karaikal.
As has been the trend during the last 4-5 days ever since the earlier Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Arnab spared the city, the sun was blazing from the morning. However, from afternoon, there was marked change in the weather conditions as the sky turned grey with
a thick cloud cover, setting the stage for revival of the Northeast monsoon activity. While some areas received light to moderate rains
for a while, some other locations received slight drizzle.
The rains are expected to begin from late this evening and gather steam in the night and was expected to batter the city for the whole of tomorrow.
While an Orange alert was issued for the day for Tiruvallur district which would witness heavy to very heavy rains, the Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet and the hilly Nilgiris district, which comes under the Western Ghat region, would receive heavy rain and an Yellow Alert was issued. Moderate rains will also occur over Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Kallakurichi , Cuddalore, Erode, Tiruppur, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari districts and rest of Western Ghat districts and Puducherry.
The Met office in an update on Sunday afternoon said heavy to very heavy rain (upto 20 cms of rain) will occur at isolated places over Chennai and Tiruvallur districts following which an Orange alert was issued for tomorrow, while an Yellow alert (upto 12 cms of rain) was issued for Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, Vellore and Nilgiris districts which would receive heavy rains.
On November three, an Yellow alert was issued for Nilgiris district which was expected to receive heavy rains , while moderate rain was forecast over North Tamil Nadu and Western Ghat districts and Puducherry and Karaikal area with light to moderate over rest of Tamil Nadu
Squally winds with speed reaching 55-65 kmph and gusting up to 75 kmph will occur over Tiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram districts and Puducherry and over rest of North Coastal Tamil Nadu districts till November three.
The rainfall was expected to subside thereafter with the forecast of light to moderate rain at isolated places in Tamil Nadu from November 4 to 7.
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