The severe cyclonic storm over the southwest Bay of Bengal crossed the Tamilnadu and Puducherry coasts between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam early on Friday morning, leaving a trail of havoc and destruction in Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur Pudukkottai and Ramanathapuram districts.
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Chennai:
The Cyclonic Storm 'Gaja' over coastal Tamil Nadu moved nearly westwards and lay centred over interior Tamil Nadu about 95 km west of Adhiramapattinam and 110 km eastnortheast of Kodaikanal, and will weaken further and emerge a low pressure area after landfall.
Met office sources it was likely to move nearly westwards and weaken into a deep depression in the next three hours.
It said the remnant of the above system after landfall was likely to emerge as a low pressure area over Southeast Arabian Sea by Saturday.
It is likely to become more marked and move westwards during subsequent 24 hours.
The severe cyclonic storm over the southwest Bay of Bengal crossed the Tamilnadu and Puducherry coasts between Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam early on Friday morning, leaving a trail of havoc and destruction in Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur Pudukkottai and Ramanathapuram districts.