Chennai: The Chennai International Airport has announced the cancellation of 13 flights arriving in Chennai on Friday due to the adverse weather condition in the view of Cyclone Mandous.
The Chennai Airport said, "Kindly take note of the Flight cancellations at Chennai Intl Airport on 09.12.2022 due to adverse weather conditions forecasted. Passengers are requested to check with concerned airline(s) for further updates. #Chennai #MandousCyclone #Mandous @AAI_Official @pibchennai."
On Friday, IMD said, "The Cyclonic Storm “Mandous” pronounced as “ManDous” over Southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm in the evening of 08 th December 2022.”
IMD said: “It moved west- northwestwards and weakened into a Cyclonic Storm and lay centered at 0830 hours IST of Friday, the 09th December, 2022 over Southwest Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry coasts near latitude 11.1°N and longitude 81.5°E, about 280 km north of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 230 km northeast of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), 180 km eastnortheast of Karaikal and about 260 km southsoutheast of Chennai."
"It is very likely to move nearly northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry and Sriharikota around Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) as a Cyclonic Storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 6575 kmph gusting to 85 kmph during midnight of today, the 09th December to early hours of tomorrow, the 10th December," IMD said.
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Following this, a red alert has been issued to Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kanchipuram and Puducherry. Around 12 teams of NDRF and state forces have been deployed in districts including Chennai, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Thanjavur.