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Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu inches closer to North TN, to cross AP coast tomorrow, rains to continue till Nov 7

Chennai, Nov 2 (UNI) As the Severe Cyclonic Storm "Murasu" inched closer to the Tamil Nadu coast, several parts of Chennai city, suburbs and Northern districts received heavy rains since last night reviving the Northeast monsoon activity.
Met office in an update the rains in Tamil Nadu especially in Northern and Coastal districts, including Chennai, and in North Interior, Cauvery delta, Southern and South Coastal districts, would continue till November seven even as the Severe Cyclonic Storm will move towards Andhra Pradesh and cross the coast between midnight tonight and early tomorrow.
Under its influence, heavy rains, accompanied by thunderstorm, lashed several parts of Chennai and adjoining districts. The spells were quite heavy and with more rains forecast schools and colleges were declared a holiday for the day in Chennai and Tiruvallur districts.Though the rains abated in the city, except for intermittent showers, chilly weather conditions prevailed and heavy to very heavy rains in some places and heavy rains in other locations are in the offing in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet and Vellore till tomorrow.
Regional Metereological Centre, Chennai, Director V.R.Durai told reporters this afternoon that once the system crossed the AP coast tomorrow morning, the intensity of the rains will decline gradually in Northern districts of the State. They would receive moderate rains thereafter and the rains are expected to continue in the state till November 7.
The Tamil Nadu government has activated its machinery which was working in full swing in districts where heavy spells are forecast. Relief camps equipped with all basic amenities were opened to house those evacuated from low lying areas, and the repsective district administrations have put in place all precautionary measures to tackle the Cyclone rains, which has revived the monsoon activity after
a brief lull for 4-5 days.
Kadapakkam and Parrys area in Chennai city received a maximum of 15 cm of rain each till 0830 hrs this morning, while several parts of North Chennai and its suburbs and neighbouring Tiruvallur district received rains ranging from 14 cm to 10 cm.
In an updated National Bulletin issued on Monday afternoon as a Cyclone Warning for Andhra Pradesh and adjoining North Tamil Nadu coasts and Post Landfall Outlook with Red Message (very heavy to extremely heavy rains in excess of 20 cms), the IMD said the Severe Cyclonic Storm “Murasu” over Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 14 kmph during the past six hours and lay centered at 1130 hours of today over the same region about 120 km east-southeast of Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), 140 km east-southeast of Kavali (Andhra Pradesh), 170 km northeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 180 km southeast of Ongole (Andhra Pradesh) and 220 km south of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
It is very likely to move northwestwards and cross the South Andhra Pradesh coast as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of
100 to 110 kmph and gusting up to 120 kmph between Nellore and Narsapur, to the south of Ongole during midnight (2330 Hrs IST)
of today and the early hours (0400 Hrs IST) of tomorrow.
The Severe Cyclonic Storm “Murasu” is under the continuous surveillance of Doppler Weather Radars at Chennai, Machilipatnam and Visakhapatnam.
Met office in an update said while moderate rain will occur over Interior Tamil Nadu districts on November four. Heavy rain was forecast over the Western Ghat Theni and Dindigul districts, moderate over rest of South Tamil Nadu, Coastal Tamil Nadu on November five, heavy rain over Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukottai districts and Karaikal area on November six and seven.
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