Heavy wind warning signal hoisted in Pamban port to alert fishermen

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Municipal medication  pumping retired  stagnating rainwater astatine  Rameswaram Government  Hospital connected  Wednesday.

Municipal medication pumping retired stagnating rainwater astatine Rameswaram Government Hospital connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR

 As the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted squally upwind successful confederate Tamil Nadu, the larboard authorities successful Pamban and Thoothukudi person hoisted section cautionary awesome fig III informing for the fishermen. 

Authorities said that a low-pressure country has formed implicit the Comorin and adjoining areas of Southwest Bay of Bengal and Sri Lanka. The IMD’s forecast, read, “It is very likely to determination north-north westwards and go good marked debased unit country during adjacent 24 hours and ore into a slump during subsequent 24 hours.” 

Under the power of the low-pressure system ports of southbound Tamil Nadu would acquisition squally upwind with upwind velocity reaching 35kmph to 45kmph gusting to 55kmph, it added. 

On Wednesday, portion the territory mean rainfall received stood at 15 mm, Pamban received the maximum of 62 mm rainfall, followed by Rameswaram 57 mm, Mandapam 47 mm, Thangachimadam 40.60 mm, Valinokam 17.40mm, Kadaladi 3.60 mm, Pallamorkulam 3.50 mm, Thondi 2.50 mm, Thiruvadanai 2 mm, Ramanathapuram 2 mm, Paramakudi 1.20 mm, and Vattanam 0.80 mm. 

The torrential rainfall successful the coastal areas and scattered rain observed in the municipality limits, though, came arsenic a respite to the scorching heat, besides disrupted the public’s regular for 2 days. 

In galore places similar car streets near Sri Ramanathaswamy temple, and successful immoderate places inside, nearby Rameswaram municipality office, Rameswaram Government Hospital, Kamarajar Nagar, low lying areas successful Pamban chinnapalam, water-logging was observed. But municipality officials said they cleared the water-logging successful a fewer hours. 

Fishermen in Pamban and Rameswaram person restrained from entering the oversea since Wednesday. Already a state vessel had sunk owed to the dense winds.

Published - November 26, 2025 05:14 p.m. IST

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