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System may intensify into severe storm in the next 24 hours
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into Cyclone ‘Gaja’ on Sunday. North Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are likely to get good rain on November 14 and 15, India Meteorological Department officials said. Named ‘Gaja’ by Sri Lanka, the cyclone lay 840 km east of Chennai and 880 km east of Nagapattinam. It is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours.
May weaken gradually
It is expected to move west-northwestwards during the next 36 hours and then west-southwestwards towards the north Tamil Nadu–south Andhra Pradesh coasts in the subsequent 48 hours. While moving west-southwest, it is likely to weaken gradually and cross the north Tamil Nadu–south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Cuddalore and Sriharikota during the forenoon of November 15, officials said. The Indian Meteorological Department said rainfall in most places with heavy spells at isolated places is likely to start over north coastal Tamil Nadu and south coastal Andhra Pradesh from the evening of November 14.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/gaja-to-bring-rain-for-2-days/article25471591.ece
