With the deep depression intensifying into Cyclone Michaung over the Southwest Bay of Bengal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a heavy to very heavy rain warning for a few places in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, and Chengalpattu districts till Monday evening.
Extremely heavy rainfall is also expected at one or two places over these districts as a result of the cyclone. The IMD has issued a red alert since there is a likelihood of over 20 cm of rainfall in these places.
S. Balachandran, Additional Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, told reporters that as of 8.30 a.m. on Sunday, the storm, moving at a speed of 8 kmph, lay centred at about 260 km east-northeast of Puducherry, 190 km east-southeast of Chennai, 310 km southeast of Nellore, 410 km south-southeast of Bapatla, and 430 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam.
