Tirupati: Andhra’s KVB Puram Mandal district recorded the highest rainfall at 258mm due to the Tropical Cyclone Mandous currently active in the Bay of Bengal region.
According to sources close to the newswire agency ANI, the district under the Satyavedu constituency is completely blocked due to heavy water flow from nearby ponds and lakes.
Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) Dwarkanath Reddy said that “In many areas, traffic was interrupted by waterlogging. We have placed traffic diversions,”.
Further Traffic interruption on Andhra’s Venkatagiri-Gudur state highway number 58 due to water logging as a result of Cyclone Mandous was reported.
The traffic disruptions took place near Balayapalli village where water from several nearby ponds filled the highway. A long queue of vehicles was seen crawling along the highway.
Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) of the area, Srinivas said, “Mandous cyclone passed the coast around 1.30 am due to which the Venkatagiri-Gudur state highway was waterlogged.
Earlier, Chennai and several other parts of Tamil Nadu witnessed heavy rainfall and strong winds amid cyclonic storm Mandous, which according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said had crossed the Mamallapuram coast and is weakening in strength after completing its landfall process late on Friday night.
Several areas in Chennai saw waterlogging and squally winds uprooting trees in Chennai and in the nearby Chengalpattu district. The rainfall triggered by the Cyclone has caused severe Waterlogging in low-lying areas. Roads in the MMDA Colony in Chennai’s Arumbakkam were seen waterlogged. A video showed a large tree uprooted in Egmore, causing several damage to a petrol bunk nearby.
#CycloneMandous | A large tree got uprooted in Egmore area of Chennai due to strong winds. pic.twitter.com/ppiamELsCS
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Tamil Nadu | Portion of the ‘permanent ramp’, that was installed at Marina Beach in Chennai to help differently-abled people, gets damaged in the strong winds and rough sea due to #CycloneMandous
The ramp was inaugurated on November 27. pic.twitter.com/TCb7VG2z3A
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#CycloneMandous | A large tree uprooted in Nungambakkam area of Chennai due to strong winds. Visuals from 4th Lane Nungambakkam High Road. #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/s82Mo1yFY6
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Top updates
- Cyclonic Mandous had made landfall off Mamallapuram on Friday evening influencing moderate to heavy rainfall in coastal Tamil Nadu.
- Mandous is all set to weaken to a deep depression and later a depression on Saturday.
- S Balachandran, DDGM, RMC Chennai, said “Cyclone Mandous crossed the coast and is in deep depression and its strength is weakening. It is moving towards the Northwest direction so areas in northwest districts will witness strong winds of 55-65 kmph which will further decrease by evening to 30-40 kmph.”
- Earlier today, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) requested people to avoid going out until Cyclone Mandous weakens. It is said that almost 65 trees fell in three hours and motor pumps are being used to remove water stagnation in low-lying areas.
- Notably, National Disaster Response Force personnel are on standby. The Tamil Nadu government put out a list of helpline numbers in case of any flood-related emergencies.
- The Greater Chennai Traffic Police Saturday in a tweet announced that vehicular movement along the East Coast Road (ECR) resumed at 6 am. The stretch had been closed since 10 pm last night, due to the cyclone.
- Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday said that all the precautionary measures have been taken. “The government has taken all the precautionary measures and the officers are regularly monitoring the situation,” said Stalin.
- Stalin visited and inspected the state emergency operation centre, Chepauk amid the cyclone’s severity. He said that the monitoring of the cyclone has also been deployed district-wise.
- “Whatever the situation may be Government will ensure the protection of the people. District wise the monitoring of the cyclone has also been deployed,” said Stalin.
- Stalin urged the people to follow the orders of the government and corporate with the government. Meanwhile, Dindigul Collector has declared a holiday for schools and colleges in Sirumalai and Kodaikanal for Saturday.
- Heavy rains with strong winds were experienced in Puducherry on Friday. Red alerts were sounded in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh.
- Doppler Weather Radar Karaikal and Chennai are monitoring the cyclone.