Major damage to thatched houses, huts and other vulnerable structures.Many coastal districts of coastal districts of North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and South Andhra Pradesh such as Nellore, Tirupati, Prakasam, Bapatla, Guntur, Krishna and West Godavari could be impacted in the following ways: Northwest Bay of Bengal and along and off Odisha coast till December 6.West-central Bay of Bengal and along and off Andhra Pradesh coast till December 6.Southwest Bay of Bengal and along and off North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts till December 5.Storm surge of 1-1.5 metres above astronomical tide could inundate south coastal Andhra Pradesh districts during rainfall, RSMC warns.Īs a result, fisherfolk have been advised to avoid venturing into: Sea conditions are likely to be high and rough in many parts of the southwest and west-central Bay of Bengal and around Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-South Andhra coasts till Wednesday. Click here for a more comprehensive weather report. As a result, the India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘ red warning’ over Tamil Nadu, Andhra and Telangana today, advising residents to ‘take action’ to protect themselves against the severe weather. Heavy rains (64.5 mm-115.5 mm) are in the books for these regions and Rayalaseema, Telangana and Odisha till December 5/6. Similar weather is likely to continue over these states in the coming days, with extremely heavy downpours (more than 204.5 mm) in many parts of North Coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Coastal Andhra Pradesh today, reducing thereafter. Many Indian states lining our east coast have already begun to grapple with stormy weather, with notable floods drowning Chennai residents. This will occur close to Baptala during the forenoon of Tuesday (December 5) and strike with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-110 kmph.Īccording to RSMC's forecast, Michaung will start dipping in power thereafter, weakening into a Cyclonic Storm by tomorrow near-midnight, Depression by Wednesday noon, and finally back into a Well-Marked Low-Pressure Area by Wednesday near-midnight. Where and when will Severe Cyclonic Storm Michaung make landfall?Īccording to the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre's (RSMC) afternoon update on Monday, Michaung has intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm about 90 kilometres from Chennai, 140 kilometres from Nellore, 200 kilometres from Puducherry and 300 kilometres from Machilipatnam.ĭespite being so close to our coasts (and already inducing a ton of stormy weather over India's eastern coast), it will continue to strengthen and skirt northwards alongside Andhra Pradesh's coast, before making landfall between Nellore and Machilipatnam. Emphasis falls on the 'temporary' part, as the region experiencing landfall will most likely face the brunt of the event. When the eye of the storm moves from sea to land, the region might experience a temporary lull with clear skies, marking the system's landfall. The US National Hurricane Centre defines a cyclone's landfall as 'the intersection of the surface centre of a tropical cyclone with a coastline'. Luckily, when cyclones cross over into land, their intake of water and heat gets cut off from the ocean, leading to a quick drop in their intensity. If storms maintained their intensity over land, we'd be looking at a lot more devastation than we're used to, and coastal regions would probably be a lot less habitable as a result. As the landfall becomes imminent on December 5, let's get down to the specifics of what it means to 'make landfall', when Michaung will strike, and so on. The longer Michaung spends time out at sea, the more devastating it could turn as cyclones draw energy from the warmth and moisture of the sea. Now, the powerhouse has begun to drag its windy feet across the Tamil Nadu coast as it detours towards Andhra, mainly due to a lack of background atmospheric winds to steer the cyclone forward, DTE reported. However, this long journey also helped the fourth BoB storm of 2023 accumulate enough power to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm by Monday morning, December 4. Michaung (pronounced 'Mig-jaum') has fortunately completed most of its seafaring, having crossed most parts of the Indian Ocean to the west-central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal. The latest Cyclone Michaung, too, looked like it was on the path towards Tamil Nadu, but quickly decided to turn stormier before erratically barrelling northwards towards Andhra's coasts instead. Predicting the behaviour of angry people can be an arduous task, but the same is often also true for the storms that originate and drunkenly wobble across our neighbouring oceans.
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