IMD Issues Red Alert In This Part Of India; Schools Closed!

IMD Issues Red Alert In This Part Of India

The effects of Cyclone Fengal have resulted in constant heavy rainfall in Puducherry which subdued on the union territory near where it landed on Saturday; eventually all school, government, and private, as well as college, in Puducherry were closed on Tuesday, December 3.

Occupying the space between the Southeast India states Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and which arrived on November 30 as Cyclone Fengal, Sunday saw the storm dissipate but continuous heavy rain still occurs. The Army then intervened to help transport the remaining persons in flood charged streets in the union territory and some other districts of Tamil Nadu state also paid the victim following water dearth, fury, and floods. 

According to the last update by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the remnant of the cyclonic storm over north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry moved nearly westwards and weakened into a ‘Well Marked Low Pressure Area’ at 5:30 a.m. on Monday. The remnant low pressure area is expected to form over southeast and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea off north Kerala-Karnataka coasts, according to the IMD.

The minister of education A Namachivayam declared a holiday for all government and private schools and college in Tuition on Tuesday December 3 as downpour which was occasioned by cyclone Fengal hit the region. 

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In response to the flooding caused by the opening of Veedur Dam gates on the Sankaraparani River, the #IndianArmy has now deployed the entire relief column to the Nonankuppam side of the river bank near NR Nagar, #Puducherry. With water levels yet to recede,… pic.twitter.com/x5zM4UJGSZ

— Southern Command INDIAN ARMY (@IaSouthern) December 2, 2024

All schools and colleges will remain closed in four districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday due to heavy rainfall from Cyclone Fengal. All schools in the Nilgiris district will be closed, while schools and colleges in Villupuram, Cuddalore, and Puducherry districts will also remain be shut. In Kallakurichi, schools under Thirukovilur Town, and in Krishnagiri, schools under Pechampalli, Uthangarai Taluk will also remain closed due to the rains.

Red alerts were issued for five northern districts--Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode, and Malappuram--on Monday. Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts are under an orange alert, while Kottayam, and Pathanamthitta were on a yellow alert.

IMD stated on Monday that Bengaluru and parts of Karnataka will also witness rainfall for the next two days because of cyclone Fengal. Bengaluru had been receiving rain since Sunday evening and as per the IMD officials, Coastal Karnataka and the parts of South Interior Karnataka can expect to receive light to moderate rainfall on Tuesday.