Cyclone Fengal was named by Saudi Arabia
Chennai:
Schools and schools in some elements of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry remained closed right this moment as heavy rains have been forecast as a result of impression of Cyclone Fengal brewing over the Bay of Bengal.
Schools and schools will stay closed in Chennai, Chengalpattu, and Cuddalore on Friday, whereas in Puducherry, they are going to be shut on Friday and Saturday.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the deep despair over the Southwest Bay of Bengal has been shifting north-northeastwards and is more likely to develop right into a cyclonic storm.
“It lay centred at 2330 hours IST yesterday about 240 kilometres northeast of Trincomalee, 330 kilometres east-southeast of Nagappattinam, 390 kilometres east-southeast of Puducherry and 430 kilometres southeast of Chennai,” the Met workplace mentioned right this moment.
Deep despair over Southwest Bay of Bengal
The Deep Depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northeastwards with a pace of 9 Kmph throughout previous 6 hours and lay centred at 2330 hours IST of yesterday, the twenty eighth November 2024 over the identical area close to latitude 10.1°N… pic.twitter.com/fWrHcATwJS
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 28, 2024
It could be very more likely to cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram near Puducherry on Saturday morning as a despair with a wind pace of 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph.
Rain Prediction In Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, which have been witnessing incessant rainfall for the previous few days, are bracing for extra showers with the opportunity of Cyclone Fengal crossing the coasts close to Chennai.
The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rain in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Ariyalur and Thanjavur districts on Friday and Saturday.
Heavy rain can also be more likely to happen over Puducherry.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and his Puducherry counterpart, N Rangasamy, have chaired conferences to evaluate the preparedness for the heavy rains and the potential cyclonic storm.
How Cyclone Fengal Was Named
The means of naming tropical cyclones is overseen by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
The 5 tropical cyclone regional our bodies – ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones, RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee, RA IV Hurricane Committee, and RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee – set up pre-designated lists of names that are proposed by WMO Members’ National Meteorological and Hydrological Services.
The number of names can also be based mostly on their familiarity with the individuals in every area.
When a brand new identify is chosen, a few of the following components are thought-about: Short in character size for ease of use in communication; straightforward to pronounce; applicable significance in several languages; and uniqueness – similar names can’t be utilized in different areas.
The WMO says that assigning names to tropical cyclones makes monitoring and discussing particular storms extra “simple, particularly when a number of storms are energetic concurrently.”
As per the WMO, Fengal’s identify was steered by Saudi Arabia.