Cyclone Fengal has intensified into a storm, bringing heavy rainfall and strong winds. Red alert issued for few Tamil Nadu districts and Puducherry, as authorities mobilise relief efforts and warn fishermen.

On the day of landfall, severe rainfall is expected in seven coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, and neighbouring areas. Delta and northern interior districts are also likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall on Saturday.

The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclone - named Fengal, pronounced 'Feinjal' - and is likely to cross the Tamil Nadu coast between Karaikal and Mamallapuram mid-Saturday,

With Cyclonic Storm ’Fengal’ approaching the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, a senior IMD official said that there was will be fairly widespread moderate rainfall in most of the parts of the state.

Chennai and surrounding regions have been experiencing continuous rainfall since Tuesday, with authorities declaring a yellow alert as Cyclone Fengal intensifies.

Schools in Tiruchirappalli, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, and Tiruvarur are closed in anticipation of heavy rains.

Rain lashed parts of Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam as deep depression forms over southwest Bay of Bengal on7. District administration announced holiday for schools and colleges in several regions in view of continuous rainfall.

Heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Pudukkottai districts.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning that a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into Cyclone Fengal by 27 November. The depression, located 770 km south-southeast of Chennai,