Cyclone Nada Passed off Peacefully through the Karaikal coast.

Cyclone Nada Passed off Peacefully through the Karaikal coast. Cyclone Nada passed off peacefully through the Karaikal coast of Puducherry at 5 am on December 2,2016. Later it made landfall near Nagapattinam at a speed of 50 km per hour, after weakening into a deep depression in the early hours.In Cuddalore, where there has been a steady drizzle since a day before cyclone, the

administration has been instructed to evacuate people from low lying areas and cyclone shelters and emergency services have been readied.

Cuddalore Collector Rajesh Kumar announced that 41 cyclone relief shelters had been identified and strengthened, and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams had already arrived in the city.

v. The Meteorological Department (Met) said Cyclone Nada would weaken in the next 12 hours into deep depression and under the influence of this system, rainfall is expected to occur at many places in the next two days, and fishermen are warned not to venture into sea.

vi. The cyclone will be of less intensity, but heavy rainfall is expected. The administration has taken proactive measures to face the challenge of the impending cyclone. NDRF teams are kept ready for eventuality and 179 relief centres are operational in Puducherry alone.