Army personnel conduct rescue operations in flood-affected areas.Photo: @IaSouthern / X

DTE Coverage: Complete trajectory of Cyclone Fengal

DTE tracked the formation on the storm to its landfall and subsequent flooding

1. Fengal: Possible cyclone brewing in the Bay of Bengal

A screengrab from Windy.com showing a depression forming in the Indian Ocean on November 24

Cyclonic circulation likely to form on November 21, Low Pressure Area on November 23 and depression around November 24

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2. Cyclone Fengal: Depression to move towards Tamil Nadu coast, landfall likely between Chennai and Puducherry, says IMD

Photograph: @Indiametdept / X

There was still variation (though reduced) among various models with respect to track, intensification and landfall of system

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3. Fengal: System intensifies into ‘deep depression’, cyclone formation expected by November 27

While it is meteorologically difficult to ascertain the actual location of the landfall at such an early stage of cyclogenesis, the landfall is expected around Tamil Nadu coast.Photograph: IMD

Cyclone Fengal is expected to make a landfall at Tamil Nadu’s coast by the end of this week

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4. Cyclone Fengal likely to form by tonight, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry brace for heavy downpours

The system, moving north-northwest at 10 kilometres per hour, was approximately 110 km east of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and 530 km south-southeast of Chennai at 11 am on November 27Photograph: Windy.com

Deep depression nears cyclone status, expected to move north-northwestward towards the Tamil Nadu coast, possibly skirting Sri Lanka over the next two days

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5. Tamil Nadu braces for cyclone Fengal amid memories of 2015 Chennai Floods

File photo: CSE

2015’s deadly floods were blamed on encroachment and poor planning

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6. Cyclone Fengal: After deaths, destruction in Sri Lanka, extreme rainfall expected in Tamil Nadu, Andhra

Rainfall and thunder projection for 8 pm November 29, 2024. Photograph: Windy

Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu already received significant rainfall; flash flood risk warning sounded for multiple districts in the affected region

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7. Fengal crosses Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram

Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin inspects the Kosasthalai river on November 30 evening.Photograph: @Udhaystalin / X

Three casualties reported from Tamil Nadu due to rain-related incidents

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8. Fengal a slow-moving cyclone, IMD Chennai head tells DTE as Army called in for rescue operations in Puducherry

Rescue operations by Indian Army in Krishnanagar, Puducherry on December 1. Photograph: @IaSouthern / X

Cyclone dumped record rain on Union Territory, the highest in 30 years

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