LIVE: Cyclone Fengal Landfall Likely Today, Rain Alert Across Tamil Nadu
Cyclone Fengal – pronounced ‘Feinjal’ – is likely to make a landfall this afternoon. The cyclonic storm (Cyclone Fengal) brewing in the Bay of Bengal will cross the Tamil Nadu coast between Karaikal and Mamallapuram with a wind speed of 70-80 km per hour with gusts up to 90 kmph, the Indian Meteorological Department said. Heavy to very high rain has been forecast in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore districts, and Puducherry.