Chennai, Dec 7
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on December 11 and 12.
The districts from Cuddalore to Ramanathapuram are expected to bear the brunt of these rains, according to the RMC.
The weather department, in a statement released on Saturday, indicated that a low-pressure area is likely to form in the Bay of Bengal within the next 12 hours. It may be recalled that a low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal on November 23 had developed into a Cyclonic storm -Fengal which caused massive destructions in around 14 districts of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherry.
Cyclone Fengal, which struck Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from November 29 to December 1, caused widespread destruction.
The calamity resulted in the loss of lives with 12 deaths reported, 2,11,139 hectares of agricultural and horticultural land inundated leading to major losses for farmers, damage to 1,649 kilometres of electric conductors, 23,664 electric poles, and 997 transformers, 9,576 kilometres of roads, 1,847 culverts, and 417 tanks were damaged.
The cyclone also caused extensive damage to houses, huts, and other infrastructure.
According to the Tamil Nadu government, 69 lakh families and 1.5 crore individuals were adversely affected by the disaster