Chennai braces for heavy rain during the day due to cyclone fengal moving closer to the city. The cyclone formed 270 km southeast of Chennai on Friday night. The Met Department has said wind speed could be up to 90 kmph.
The Met Department, in a late evening bulletin on Friday, said the cyclonic storm Fengal over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards and is likely to move nearly west-northwestwards and cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikkal and Mahabalipuram.
The State administration has said that it has taken all precautionary measures to prevent flooding in the city. Nearly 18,000 police personnel are in action throughout the city.
Cars have taken over the flyovers in Velachery and T Nagar as the city witnessed continuous rain from Friday night due to cyclone Fengal. However, no major disruption has been reported due to the heavy rain. Trains are running as usual, but over 10 ten flights were cancelled.
The state government said that East Coast Road and Old Mahabalipuram Road would be closed during the day.