Heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds have disrupted life in Tamil Nadu as Cyclone “MICHAUNG” (pronounced as MIGJAUM) makes it way to the coast of South Andhra Pradesh. In Capital Chennai, water logging in several areas and power outages have been reported due to cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued Red Alert for Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and parts of Kerala for 3rd and 4th December 2023.

On Monday, IMD informed, “MICHAUNG lay centered over Westcentral and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts about 110 km east-northeast of Chennai, 190 km southeast of Nellore, 210 km northeast of Puducherry, 310 km south-southeast of Bapatla and 330 km southeast of Machilipatnam at 0530 hrs 4 Dec. Likely to move north-northwestwards, intensify & cross between Nellore and Machilipatnam close to Bapatla during forenoon of 5 Dec as SCS.”

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On Sunday, speaking to the media, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that 121 multi-purpose shelter centres and 4,967 other relief centres have been set up in the State. 14 teams of 350 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel and nine teams of 225 NDRF personnel have been mobilized and ready for rescue and relief work, he said.

Stalin also informed that 685 persons from Thiruvallur, Chennai, Kanchipuram and Chengalpattu districts have been accommodated in 11 relief camps. He also appealed to the public to maintain caution in view of the cyclonic storm MICHAUNG.