Cyclone Gaja: Live Updates
Posted on: 15/Nov/2018 6:49:14 PM
- Location - 85 km SE of Nagapattinam Upgraded as Severe Cyclonic Storm at the time of landfall in early hours of 16th Current Wind speed - 100 to 110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph
- Cyclone Gaja lying 95 km east of nagapattinam and likely to have landfall between Pamban and Cuddalore near Nagapattinam on early hours of 16th November with the Wind Speed of 100 - 110 gusting to 120 kmph.
- Location- 95 km SE of Nagapattinam Upgraded as Severe Cyclonic Storm at the time of landfall in early hours of 16th Current Wind speed - 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph
- Take precaution. Outer periphery of Gaja Cyclone is touching Karaikal and Nagapattinam coast. Intensity of Rain is increasing. Wind speed is also increasing. Please be inside your homes until tomorrow morning. Winds and rain will subside by then. - skymet
- Chennai will have to wait for another 4-5 days for some heavy spells. Weather models are indicating formation of a low pressure area in Bay of Bengal that would eventually head to Tamil Nadu. It would be during this time i.e. around November 21 and 22, when Chennai is likely to record moderate to heavy rains. - skymet
- At the time of landfall, wind speed of 80-90 kmph gusting up to 100 kmph and heavy rains were likely along the region, the Met office said.
- Strong wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph very likely over interior Tamilnadu, Kerala, southeast Arabian Sea along & off Kerala coast, Comorian area, Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait tomorrow. Strong wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph very likely to prevail over southeast Arabian Sea and along & off Kerala coast on 17th November. Whereas, the sea condition is very likely to be high along and off Tamil Nadu & Puducherry coast during next 18 hours.
- Schools in Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts will remain closed on Friday due to cyclone Gaja.
- Past tomorrow afternoon (Friday, 16th November), once the cyclone reaches the Arabian sea area, the rains will gradually abate. When the cyclone crosses the coast, the high-speeds wind may blow. It may be up to 70 kmph. Sometimes, the wind sped may increase to 90-100 kmph
- Very intact structure parts of the cyclone seeing more than 120 km/h wind gusts. Landfall could be slightly South of nagapattinam in 3 / 4 hours from now. Gusty winds to prevail all across Coastal Tamilnadu from Chennai to Pamban
- Those in Delta districts please do not step out of the house until tomorrow morning. Please wait for all clear from disaster management authorities.
- Expect extremely heavy rains in parts of Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, karaikal, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai, Tuticorin, Ramanathapuram in view of Cyclone Gaja
- Storm surge of height may reach to about 1 meter above astronomical tide which have potential to inundate low lying areas of above mentioned districts of TamilNadu and Puducherry during landfall.
- Gaja Cyclone inching near the coast. Can you see the small patches of Thunderclouds? It`s Raining in parts of Tiruvarur, Karaikal and Nagapattinam. Intensity of rain and winds will increase gradually. Landfall will be around midnight.
- There are prospects of heavy rains during this period. There are prospects of widespread heavy rains in the districts of Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Ramanathapuram, Pudhukkottai, and the Karaikkal section in Pudhucherry, There are prospects of heavy to very heavy rains in a few places.
- CycloneGaja is expected to cross TamilNadu coast shortly, avoid venturing out in the Sea.
- As per weathermen, the landfall is too south of Chennai to give any significant rainfall over the city. The state capital would escape the fury of the storm and would settle with light to moderate rain for next 24 to 48 hours.
- The Severe Cyclonic Storm #Gaja over southwest Bay of Bengal has moved further closer to the Coast as it continues to move in West-southwest direction.- skymet
- Nagapattinam dt & Karaikal have to go with #HighAlert not just heavy winds also with huge rainfall amount
- The cyclone is presently located northeast direction 217 km away from Nagapattinam is drifting towards Nagapattinam at a speed of 17 kmph to 20 kmph.
