Chennai Weather News Live Updates Today (December 7): The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said the depression over southeast Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 22 kmph during the past six hours and lays about 840 km east-southeast of Karaikal and about 900 km southeast of Chennai. It is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify gradually into a Cyclonic Storm by December 7 evening and reach Southwest Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts by December 8 morning.
On Tuesday, as a precautionary measure, 10 teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been stationed in Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Villupuram. Relief camps and high-power motor pumps are also in place to flush out water from low-lying areas.
The IMD had confirmed that the low-pressure area in the southeast Bay of Bengal concentrated into a depression on December 6 evening. It would hit the coast of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh on December 8 morning. The IMD forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next three days and issued an orange alert for 13 districts in Tamil Nadu for Thursday, and 12 districts for Friday and asked fishermen not to venture into the sea for the next three days from Today.
Heavy rain has been predicted for Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam on December 8. The districts of Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet, Vellore, Tirupattur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, and Salem have been issued an orange alert on December 9.