Moves closer to TN, AP Coast :
Chennai, May 19 : Heavy rain battered several parts of Tamil Nadu since last night, as the cyclonic storm 'Laila' over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal moved closer to Tamil Nadu and Andhra coast, today. A special bulletin issed by the Met Department here said the cyclone moved slightly northwards and now lay centred over southwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal about 190 km east-northeast of Chennai and 480 km west-southwest of Visakhapatnam. The current environmental conditions and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models suggest that the system is likely to intensify further and move in a northwesterly to northerly direction and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Ongole and Visakhapatnam early tomorrow.
Under its influence, north coastal Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh were likely to experience widespread rainfall with scattered heavy to very heavy falls (25 cms or more) and isolated extremely heavy falls during the next 48 hours. Gale force wind with speed reaching 65-75 kmph is likely along and off Andhra Pradesh coast during next 48 hours. ''It may increase to 115-125 kmph at the time of landfall. Squally winds speed reaching 50-60 kmph is likely along and off north Tamil Nadu coast during next 24 hours,'' the bulletin said. Sea condition would be very high to phenomenal along and off Andhra Pradesh coast and very rough along and off north Tamil Nadu coast.
Fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea off these coasts. Meanwhile, the cyclone had already left a trail of havoc with several parts of Tamil Nadu and Chennai city experiencing heavy rains, accompanied by strong winds and thunder, since last night.
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