As the Northeast monsoon intensified across Tamil Nadu, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai issued a cyclone alert and heavy rainfall warnings for several districts. The state government has declared school and college holidays in multiple regions as a precautionary measure.

RMC Director B Amudha said a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a well-marked low-pressure system, located approximately 400 km from Chennai. “By noon tomorrow, there is a possibility that the system will strengthen into a Depression. This is expected to occur off the coasts of north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh,” she said.

She added that while the system is forecast to intensify up to the deep depression stage, “the possibility of it developing into a cyc

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