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Cyclone Nivar To Hit Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Tonight With 145 Kmph Winds: 10 Points

Cyclone Nivar: Nivar will bring extremely heavy rainfall and winds between 120 and 130 km per hour, with gusts of up to 145 km per hour, the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai has said. Cyclone Nivar to leave Tamil Nadu and Puducherry drenched. Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are bracing for Cyclone Nivar , which has intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm" , expected to intensify further and is barrelling towards the southeast coast. The powerful cyclone is likely to hit the coast by midnight or early tomorrow, the Met department said. The cyclone could hit the coast between Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu (which is around 56 km from state capital Chennai) and Karaikal in Puducherry . Nivar has brought with it heavy rain and strong winds in coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to assure the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry governments - both have said today is a public holiday - of all possible support. 10 interesting facts a...