According to the India Meteorological Department, Cyclone Fengal, which made landfall near Pondicherry on November 30, is stationary near the union territory and is likely to gradually weaken over the next three hours.
“Cyclone Fengal started making landfall near Puducherry around 5:30 pm on Saturday and completed landfall between 10:30 pm and 11:30 pm. It is now near Puducherry,” IMD said. S. Balachandran, deputy commissioner of , said in an update at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.
“It is likely to slowly move westward, weaken gradually and enter deep depressions over the north coast of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry (Pondicherry).”
According to IMD, between 8:30 am on Saturday and 5:30 am on Sunday, Puducherry recorded the highest rainfall of 46 cm while Mairam in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu received 50 cm of rainfall. did.
Operations at the Chennai airport, which had been suspended on Sunday, resumed after midnight, but many flights suffered cancellations and delays, officials said. According to officials, 24 domestic flights and 26 international flights were delayed.
