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The Regional Meteorological Centre has maintained its reddish alert, indicating anticipation of isolated highly dense rainfall, for assorted districts successful Tamil Nadu connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) and 2 districts connected Sunday, arsenic Cyclone Ditwah continues to determination implicit coastal Sri Lanka and the adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal.
Cyclone Ditwah, which brought torrential downpour implicit Sri Lanka, moved dilatory astatine a velocity of 3 kmph implicit coastal Sri Lanka and southwest Bay of Bengal, astir 410 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 510 km southbound of Chennai, according to a bulletin issued astatine 6 p.m. connected Friday. It is precise apt to determination crossed Sri Lanka seashore and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal and scope implicit southwest Bay of Bengal adjacent North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining southbound Andhra Pradesh coasts by aboriginal Sunday.
Red upwind alert, indicating anticipation of rainfall supra 21 cm astatine 1 oregon 2 places, has been issued to 4 districts — Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Villupuram and Chengalpattu, on with Puducherry connected Saturday arsenic the upwind strategy edges person to TN region. Heavy to precise dense rainfall whitethorn lash 14 delta and bluish districts, including Chennai, Salem, Thanjavur and Ranipet and six different districts, including Vellore, whitethorn get dense rainfall connected Saturday.
On Sunday, dense rainfall whitethorn beryllium mostly confined to northbound TN, with a reddish alert issued for Tiruvallur and Ranipet districts. Chennai, which has a 32% rainfall deficit, and its surrounding districts, person been placed nether an orangish alert.
The RMC’s cyclone way projection indicates that the cyclone is apt to determination parallel to the Tamil Nadu seashore and is apt to suffer strength arsenic heavy slump by Sunday evening.
B. Amudha, Head (Additional in-charge), RMC, said the strategy is expected to support projected way for now. Cyclone Ditwah was positioned implicit Sri Lanka connected Friday and its question had slowed. Once the centre of the strategy moves distant from the terrain power and re-enters the sea, it is apt to summation strength.
The outer bands of the strategy were bringing upwind gusts of up to 40 kmph to coastal areas during the day. Strong aboveground winds with velocity of 70-80 kmph gusting up to 90 kmph whitethorn prevail implicit delta districts and adjoining coastal districts connected Saturday, she said. Such beardown northeasterly aboveground winds are apt to bring successful abundant moisture and trigger rainfall successful coastal districts.
On Friday, districts, including Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi and Nagapattinam received rainfall till 6 p.m. Meanwhile, the Water Resources Department connected Friday accrued h2o discharge from Chennai’s drinking h2o reservoirs, including Poondi and Chembarambakkam, successful anticipation of dense rainfall during the weekend.
