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Andhra, Tamil Nadu Coasts On High Alert As Cyclone Vardah Set For Landfall
Cyclone Hudhud making expected landfall in 2014. (STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)
High alert has been sounded and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been pre positioned as severe cyclonic storm 'Vardah' will make a landfall between north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh on today ( 12 December).
The MET department has predicted rainfall over south coastal Andhra Pradesh, north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry over the next 36 hours. The rainfall intensity would increase gradually becoming heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts of Tamil Nadu and Nellore and Prakasam districts of Andhra Pradesh.
The weather department has warned of squally winds speed reaching 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph along and off Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts becoming 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph during the time of landfall. District administrations and all field officers have been put on high alert. Army, Navy, Air-force and Coast Guard are geared up to lend a helping hand when required.
With inputs from IANS
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