The severe Cyclone Nivar over the Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards on Wednesday morning at a speed of 11 km per hour, and lay centred over southwest Bay of Bengal about 240 km east-southeast of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu — some 250 km east southeast of Puducherry and 300 km south-southeast of Chennai.
Nivar, which has intensified into a “very severe cyclone”, is projected to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram between the midnight of November 25 and the early hours of November 26 at a wind speed of 120-130 kmph gusting to 145 kmph.
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