More than 10 flights were also canceled at Chennai airport due to Cyclone Mandas.
Chennai:
Cyclone ‘Mandas’, a severe cyclonic storm that made landfall along the coasts of Tamil Nadu, uprooting trees and triggering floods and landslides, has begun to weaken.
The depression (remnant of cyclonic storm “Mandas” “low-pressure”) weakened into a well-marked low-pressure area over north interior Tamil Nadu and neighbourhood, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement on Sunday.
The depression over north Tamil Nadu (remnant of cyclonic storm “Mandas” called “Man-Daus”) moved nearly west-southwest during last six hours, weakened and lay as a low-lying depression over north interior Tamil Nadu. persisted as a pressure field. Saturday evening neighborhood.
“It is very likely to move nearly west-southwestwards and weaken gradually,” the IMD said.
On Saturday, KVB Puram mandal in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district recorded the highest rainfall of 258 mm, which is currently active in the Bay of Bengal due to tropical cyclone Mandaus, and the road from KVB Puram mandal to Srikalahasti was inundated with heavy water. Blocked due to flow. ponds and lakes.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), several other parts of Andhra Pradesh as well as Chennai and Tamil Nadu received heavy rain and strong winds as cyclonic storm Mandus crossed the states on Saturday.
As per reports, water-logging was observed in low-lying areas of Tirumala including the temple complex, making it difficult for devotees, including the elderly and differently-abled persons, to move to and from the hotels where they were staying.
More than 10 flights were also canceled at the Chennai airport due to adverse weather conditions triggered by Cyclone Mandaus.
The IMD had earlier predicted that Mandus would start weakening into a deep depression and later into a depression on Saturday.
Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds lashed Puducherry on Friday. A red alert was issued in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh as Doppler weather radars at Karaikal and Chennai tracked the cyclone.
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