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A Few places in southern Karnataka like Bengaluru and Mysuru are expected to received rain showers this week ahead of Cyclone Gaja.
Cyclone Gaja Likely to Make Landfall Between Pamban and Cuddalore
What Tamil Nadu Can Expect as Cyclone Gaja Approaches
Yellow alerts have been issued for Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki on 15 November, and Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Alappuzha on 16 November. Idukki will be on orange alert on the 16th, the News Minute reported.
According to tweets by the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), Kerala could be expected to get heavy rainfall due to the cyclone, according to the IMD, due to which the alerts have been issued.
Cyclone 'Gaja' intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Thursday, 15 November, and is expected to cross the south Tamil Nadu coast by late this evening or night, with the government machinery put on high alert in vulnerable districts.
The storm which lay over the Southwest Bay about 285 km from here and 225 km east of Karaikal in neighbouring Puducherry was very likely to cross the coast between Cuddalore and Pamban around Nagapattinam by evening or Thursday night after weakening into a cyclone, the Met office said.
(Source: PTI)
Bulletin No 40-Severe #CycloneGaja lying 260 km SE of Chennai and 180 km NE of #nagapattinam and likely to have landfall between #Pamban and #Cuddalore near Nagapattinam on evening of 15th November with the Wind Speed of 80 - 90 gusting to 100 kmph Follow @tnsdma for more updates pic.twitter.com/0xfngUomrP
— TN SDMA (@tnsdma) November 15, 2018
#CycloneGaja #TamilNadu #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/qtcaHky24z
— NDMA India (@ndmaindia) November 13, 2018
Gaja is very likely to move west-southwestwards and cross Tamil Nadu coast between Pamban and Cuddalore, around Nagapattinam during late evening of on Thursday, 15 November, as a Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph.
(Source: IMD)
Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur and Thanjavur districts have a local holiday on Friday, 16 November, so all schools and college will remain closed.
(Source: TN SDM)
Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management appeals to people in huts and low lying areas in Nagapattinam coast to cooperate with administration and shift to Multipurpose Evacuation Shelters/Cyclone Shelters.
(Source: TN SDM)
Severe Cyclone Gaja lying 150 km east of Nagapattinam and likely to have landfall between Pamban and Cuddalore near Nagapattinam on evening of 15 November with the wind speed of 80 -90 kmph gusting up to 100 kmph.
(Source: TN SDM)
Gaja is around 80 km from the coast as thunder clouds build up over Nagapattinam, reports Skymet.
(Source: Skymet Weather)
“The Chief Minister had instructed the district administration, so they are on alert at all places. There has not been a single incident. Cuddalore district has seen so many cyclones, so our preparation is very good.”Tamil Nadu minister MC Sampath
Regional director at Chennai MeT department S Balachandran indicated that the eye of Cyclone ‘Gaja’ is expected to touch the land in the next few minutes.
Shortly before 12 am, Balachandran said that the cyclone lay about 80 kms southeast of Karaikal, moving at a rate of 16 kmph.
“It's expected to cross between Vedaranyam and Nagapattinam between 12 am-3 am…Wind speed (of the cylone) is 100-120 kmph.”
#WATCH: Strong winds and rainfall hit Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu. According to MET, #GajaCyclone is expected to make a landfall tonight. pic.twitter.com/heqUK8Ho0A
— ANI (@ANI) November 15, 2018
The effects of the cyclonic storm was felt in Nagapattinam after trees were uprooted and houses were damaged in the overnight rainfall.
(Source: The News Minute)
Eleven people have been killed and 81,948 evacuated in Tamil Nadu after Cyclone Gaja made landfall between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam early Friday, 16 November morning.
Speaking to the media on Friday, Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami said, "Nagapattinam district has been impacted badly. We can say only to what extent other places are affected only after getting inputs from authorities." Promising to visit the affected areas, the CM also stated that Rs 10 lakhs would be given as compensation to the families of the deceased.
In a post published on Facebook, chief minister of Kerala issued an orange alert due IMD’s forecast of heavy rainfall in isolated places of Kerala.
“Orange Alert for Eranakulam, Kottayam and Idukki Districts and Yellow alert for Malappuram, Thrissur, Palakkad, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kollam Districts on 16th Nov,” the post read.
“District Emergency Operations Centers kindly ensure that the concerned HODs have been informed about the current IMD’s Rainfall Alert,” it further added.
“Spoke to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru Edappadi K. Palaniswami regarding the situation arising due to cyclone conditions in the state. Assured all possible help from the Centre. I pray for the safety and well-being of the people of Tamil Nadu,” he said.
(Source: ANI)
Rameswaram-Dhanushkodi road in Tamil Nadu that was closed for 3 days due to #GajaCyclone reopened earlier this morning. pic.twitter.com/nCJFWMXERZ
— ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2018
“We’ve mobilised a lot of mobile and static camps, and chlorination is being done. More than 200 doctors and paramedical staff is present.”Dr J Radhakrishnan, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday, 17 November, urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to depute a team of two officers immediately to inspect the extent of damage caused by cyclone Gaja in Tamil Nadu.
The former union home and finance minister also requested Singh to modify the practice of sending inter-ministerial team to a disaster-affected state only after receiving a memorandum from the concerned state government.
(PTI)
The death toll in cyclone 'Gaja' has touched 33 and left a trail of destruction across Tamil Nadu with 30,000 electricity poles and over a lakh trees getting uprooted, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said on Saturday, 17 November.
He maintained that the impact of cyclone was less as 82,000 people were evacuated to 471 relief centres well in advance. However, 20 men, 11 women and 2 boys died in cyclone related incidents, he said.
As of now, 1,77,500 people have been housed in over 351 camps, the chief minister said, adding food, and medical amenities were being provided to them by the government.
The Chief Minister, speaking to reporters at Vanavasi near Salem, said that cattle, including goats, and wild animals including deer, have perished.
(Source: PTI)
The toll in cyclone Gaja has touched 45, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami said on Sunday, 18 November, and appealed to leaders of all political parties to take part in the relief activities.
Nearly 2.50 lakh people were provided accommodation in 483 relief camps. Besides, 1,014 mobile medical vans have been set up and so far one lakh people in affected areas have benefited from it, Palaniswami said.
Noting that 39,938 electric poles and 347 transformers were damaged in the affected districts, he said 12,532 men of the state electricity board have been despatched to take up the repair work.
(Source: PTI)
#TamilNadu #fishermen weather warning for next 24hrs from 2100 hrs IST of 18th Nov. A low pressure has formed over SE #bayofbengal and adjoining equatorial #indianocean . pic.twitter.com/yhjhdyv4oW
— TN SDMA (@tnsdma) November 18, 2018
The party MLAs have also pledged to donate one month’s salary for relief work. Interestingly, there is no mention of including this donation in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
With the predicted formation of a depression over Bay of Bengal, the state of Tamil Nadu is likely to witness heavier rainfall till Wednesday, 20 November, The News Minute reported.
According to the report, the IMD had stated on Monday, 18 November that the depression in the Bay of Bengal will intensify into a deep depression and move towards the coast of Tamil Nadu by Wednesday, bringing heavy to very heavy rains in the delta districts, namely Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Cuddalore, Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram.
Popular Tamil actors such as superstar Rajinikanth, Vijay, Suriya and Vijay Sethupathi among others have come forward to donate to the cyclone Gaja relief fund.
As cyclone Gaja has wreaked havoc in nearly a dozen districts of Tamil Nadu and rescue operations are underway, members of the Tamil film fraternity have joined hands to do their bit.
Actor Suriya was among the first Tamil stars to come forward and lend support.
Suriya along with his father Sivakumar, brother Karthi and wife Jyotika have together donated a sum of Rs. 50 lakh as relief fund through various NGOs in the cyclone Gaja affected areas.
The ancestral house of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi's family at Thirukuvalai village near here has suffered damage in the 'Gaja' cyclone, officials said Tuesday.
A tree in front of the house got uprooted and fell on the house damaging the tiled roof and a name board, they said.
The house is being maintained as a memorial and a library.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday visited the districts hit by Cyclone Gaja, distributed relief materials among the affected people and said he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this week to seek central assistance.
Even as life was limping back to normal five days after the cyclone that left 46 people dead, a fresh spell of rain hit parts of the Cauvery delta region, hampering relief work since this morning.
Palaniswami, accompanied by ministers, including deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam, visited Pudukottai and Thanjavur districts in the morning and asserted that the relief work were being taken on a war-footing.
The Tamil Nadu government has declared a holiday for all schools and colleges in the district on 22 November in view of incessant rain and rainfall warning.
The Tamil Nadu government sought about Rs 15,000 crore on Thursday as central assistance towards relief and rehabilitation activities in Cyclone Gaja affected districts in the state.
Chief Minister K Palaniswami met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi with a plea for central assistance for various sectors in the affected districts, the state government said here.
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