Cyclone ‘Fangal’, which made landfall near Puducherry on Saturday, remains stationary near the Union Territory and is likely to gradually weaken in the next three hours. India Meteorological Department (IMD) gave this information on Sunday.
Meanwhile, suspended air services at the Chennai airport resumed after midnight on Saturday but several flights were canceled or delayed, officials said.
Giving the latest information at 7.30 am on Sunday morning, S Balachandran, Additional Director General, IMD-regional meteorological centre, said that 46 cm rainfall was recorded in Puducherry.
He said that Cyclone ‘Fangal’ started approaching Puducherry at 5.30 pm on Saturday and the process was completed “between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm”. It is now close to Puducherry.
“It is likely to move slowly westwards and gradually weaken into a deep depression over north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry,” he said.
Mailam in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu recorded 50 cm rainfall from 8.30 am on Saturday to 5.30 am on Sunday, while Puducherry received 46 cm rainfall. This is the highest rainfall received in Puducherry. He said that on October 31, 2004, there was 21 cm rainfall in the Union Territory.
