Ditwah nears TN coasts, Chennai on orange alert

- Under the Ditwah influence, Chennai started receiving intermittent rain from Saturday evening, with Meenambakkam recording 8.6 mm rainfall and Nungambakkam 6.2 mm.

- According to the reports of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), the cyclonic storm was moving northwestward at a speed of 10 kmph, and was centred at 190 km southeast of Puducherry and 290 km south of Chennai at 5:30 pm on Saturday.

- Meanwhile, a red alert has been issued for Tiruvallur and Ranipet districts, orange alert for Kancheepuram, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Vellore, Tirupattur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Tiruvannamalai and Villuppuram districts, and yellow alert for Salem, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore districts and Puducherry on Sunday.

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