Cyclone Mandous Makes Landfall With Catastrophic Winds In Tamil Nadu
Cyclone Mandous centered at about 15 km southeast of Mamallapuram at 11:30 pm on Friday. Chennai: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that the landfall process of cyclonic storm Mandous will be completed within a few hours. Cyclone Mandous centered at about 15 km southeast of Mamallapuram at 11:30 pm. “CS Mandous centered at 2330 IST close to the north Tamilnadu coast about 15 km SE to Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) and 60 km SSE of Chennai. The landfall process continues and will be completed within a few hours,” the IMD said in a tweet at 1:14 am. After Cyclone Mandous made landfall off Mamallapuram, several parts of Chennai are facing heavy rainfall and strong winds. #WATCH | Heavy rains with strong winds in Pattinapakkam area of Chennai as landfall process of cyclone #Mandous begins. pic.twitter.com/tVFN7nbPYH — ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2022 Waterlogging was also reported in Pattinampakkam as heavy rains continue to lash Chennai. The IMD also predicted moderate to heavy rain at a few places over Ranipettai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Tiruvannamalai, Salem, Kallakkurichi, Thirupattur …