Cyclone Ditwah HIGHLIGHTS: Depression moves inland, heavy rain alert for Chennai

Cyclone Ditwah nears north TN-south Andhra-Puducherry coasts

- Cyclone Ditwah lay 380 km from Chennai and 280 km from Puducherry, as of 8.30 am: IMD

- The name, 'Ditwah', referring to a lagoon, was suggested by Yemen. It is likely named after Detwah Lagoon, a large, saline lagoon on the northwest coast of the island of Socotra in Yemen

- The weather system is very likely to continue to move north-northwestwards and reach over southwest Bay of Bengal near North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts by early morning of November 30

- Private weather bloggers said there was no change in the cyclone’s track and that it moved parallel to the Tamil Nadu coast, and it would bring more rain over Chennai, Cuddalore and Puducherry by tonight