Rain likely in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

Director of Area Cyclone Warning Centre, S Balachandran said the system was likely to turn into a depression in the next 24 hours. “Around December 6, it is likely to move northwestwards towards north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts,” he told reporters here. 

Aranmanaiputhur in Theni district in the state recorded the highest of 6 cm of rainfall during this period, he added.  Ockhi cyclone, which crippled life in Kanniyakumari, and parts of neighbouring Kerala, was “very likely to move north-northeastwards, weaken gradually and cross south Gujarat and adjoining north Maharashtra coasts near Surat as a deep depression by mid night” of December 5 (tomorrow), the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. 

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu government officials said the process of assessing the damage in Kanniyakumari was on and that a report will be sent to the Centre later.