Cyclone Storm Vardah to Bring Rains, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on High Alert

December 12, 2016 09:19
Cyclone Storm Vardah to Bring Rains, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on High Alert

As cyclonic storm, Vardah moves further, 13 NDRF teams have been deployed to Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu .According to the reports, the cyclone is expected to make a landfall in both the states.

"Vardah lay centered at about 440 km east of Chennai (at 0830 hrs today) and the system is expected to move westwards and cross Chennai by December 12 afternoon," S Balachandran, Director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, said in Chennai.

However, its intensity will subsidize by the time it makes the landfall.

After the alert was issued, Tamil Nadu government has declared an advisory to all private institutions to declare a holiday. All Coast Guards have been kept on standby to begin rescue operations. All required rescue materials have been kept on standby at all Coast Guard stations across these states.

DG NDRF PK Pachnanda said, "Special teams in force have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Personnel with specialized equipment are deployed in both states to deal with the cyclone. We are also coordinating with IMD, INCOIS, disaster management and state authorities for the additional deployment. Meanwhile, standby teams have been kept ready for both states."

NDRF teams have been positioned in Andhra Pradesh -- Nellore, Tada, Sullurupeta, Ongole, Chittore, Sullurupeta and in Tamil Nadu --Chennai, Tiruvallur, Mahabalipuram.

The MeT office in Delhi has advised the PMO and the Cabinet Secretariat on the cyclonic storm.

KJ Ramesh, Director General of the IMD said, "I have personally spoken to chief secretaries of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, while the regional MeT offices are in constant touch with the Disaster Management Commissioners of these two states."

IMD said, "it may cause damage to thatched huts and power and communication lines."

"The damage may also be caused to paddy crops, banana, papaya trees and orchards in Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts of Tamil Nadu; Ongole and Nellore districts of Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry", the IMD said in its advisory.

The IMD also asked all the fishermen in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Andhra Pradesh coasts to stay away from the seas for the next 48 hours.

BY M. DIVYA SRI

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