Cyclone Nivar Latest News: Chennai Airport shuts down till 7 am tomorrow

Cyclone Nivar Latest News: Cyclone Nivar will bring winds between 120 and 130 km per hour, with gusts of up to 145 km per hour.

Cyclone Nivar is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Chennai when it makes landfall between Mamallapuram (which is 56 km from Chennai) in TamilNadu and Karaikal in Puducherry today.

Cyclone Nivar Latest News: Storm lies 85 km east-southeast of Puducherry, to cross TamilNadu at midnight

The Chennai airport has suspended operations in view of the Cyclone Nivar. The airport authority announced on Wednesday evening that aircraft operations and serrvices at the Chennai airport would remain suspended from today evening (7 pm) to tomorrow morning (7 am).

Due to #CycloneNivar, aircraft operations at Chennai Airport will remain suspended from 7 pm today to 7 am tomorrow.

— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2020

The IMD said a storm surge of about two metres above the sea level was likely around the time of landfall, causing inundation of low-lying areas. Cyclone Nivar would bring winds between 120 and 130 km per hour, with gusts of up to 145 km per hour, the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai advised, adding that coastal areas could receive heavy rains till Thursday.

Cyclonic storm 'NIVAR' over Bay of Bengal lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of 24th Nov, about 410 km east-se of Puducherry. To intensify further into a SCS during next 24 hrs. To cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts during 25th Nov evening as SCS with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph. pic.twitter.com/eBLegDgOXg

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 24, 2020

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to assure the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry governments of all possible support.

The Railways has cancelled over a dozen special trains on November 25 and 26 scheduled to either originate from and terminate in the southern states of the country in view of the impending cyclone Nivar, and offered full refund.

Cyclone Nivar Live Tracking

#WATCH | Rain lashes Puducherry ahead of the expected landfall of #CycloneNivar; visuals from Shivaji Statue area. pic.twitter.com/dwOEAdZpyZ

— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2020

Watch | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry brace for #CycloneNivar. Chennai records 16 cm rainfall, buses and metro stop service pic.twitter.com/91ax7bsb9A

— NDTV (@ndtv) November 25, 2020

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#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Visuals from Marina Beach in Chennai as strong winds hit the region, sea turns rough.

#CycloneNivar is likely to cross between Mamallapuram and Karaikal during midnight today and early hours of 26th November, as per IMD pic.twitter.com/yBqgARoirS

— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2020

Very severe cyclonic storm Nivar now lies about 80 km east-southeast of Cuddalore, about 85 km east southeast of Puducherry.Very likely cross tamil nadu and puducherry coasts between karaikal and mamallapuram around puducherry during mid-night of 25th midnight. pic.twitter.com/z80Be0TPyg

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 25, 2020