NewzVille Weather
The cyclone Ditwah over Southwest Bay of Bengal is moving close to Coastal parts of Tamilnadu. Presently it is located 140 km southeast of Vedaranyam at Nagapattinam district, 170 km south southeast of Karaikal, 280 Km near Puducherry and 380 km south of Chennai.
The forecast says that while moving northwards the storm will be centered over Southwest Bay of Bengal within a minimum distance of 60 km, 50 km and 25 km from Tamilnadu Coastline by midnight today for the next 24 hours.
Port signal with danger signal number five has been hoisted at Nagapattinam and Karaikal ports. Signal number four has been hoisted at Chennai, Cuddalore, Ennore, Kattupalli, Puducherry,Pamban and Thoothukudi.
wahAlerts have been issued over SMS by the State Disaster Management Authority to people living in low lying areas to immediately move to safer places.
