Cyclone THANE to hit Andhra, Tamil Nadu coasts
Posted on: 28/Dec/2011 7:04:58 AM
The south Andhra and north Tamil Nadu coast is facing the threat of a cyclone later in the week with a cyclonic storm formation in the Bay of Bengal likely to intensify and hit the coast between Tamil Nadu and Andhra on December 30.
According to the India Meteorological Department the cyclonic storm THANE over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal remained practically stationary, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and lay centered at 1430 hrs IST of today, the 28th December 2011 near latitude 12.50N and longitude 85.00E, about 500 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamilnadu), 600 km northeast of Trincomalee (Srilanka) and 800 km west-northwest of Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Island).
The system is likely to move west-northwestwards, intensify further during next 24 hrs and cross north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Cuddalore and Sriharikota, close to south of Chennai around morning of 30th December 2011. However, as the cyclonic storm will come further close to coast after 24 hours, there is probability of slight weakening before landfall.
