December 12, 2016 at 08:33AM

RT @iCyclone: Dawn in #India. #Cyclone #VARDAH core of strong convection approaching #Chennai. https://t.co/UZEVunSUXe #iwm

— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 12, 2016

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December 12, 2016 at 07:57AM

RT @Iam_Gane:
7:50am, #chennai #iwm #vardah heavy winds and rain in madipakkam http://pic.twitter.com/fs62YkrzJI

— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 12, 2016

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December 12, 2016 at 06:28AM

#alert for #Chennai and regions within 50km. High, damaging winds will commence in 1hr. Take care. #weather

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December 12, 2016 at 06:08AM

5:50am, Chennai - #vardah has moved faster. Eye is just 120km away. #weather

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December 12, 2016 at 02:48AM

#Chennai - #vardah - 2:30am, steady rain for past 1 hr. Rain bands pushing inland. #weather

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Cyclone VARDHA Satellite Animation ( NOAA , RBTOP)

Very Severe Cyclone "VARDHA" keeps it Core winds just enough and is expected to make landfall over chennai and adjacent areas on 12th Dec Evening . 
Core Winds are Expected to be around 100 km/h , gusting ro 125 km/h . 
Coastal Areas under High Alert , Flooding Also possible .

Fore more check :- https://www.facebook.com/WeatherOfKolkata/

December 11, 2016 at 11:32PM

#Vardah after landfall is expected to weaken drastically and travel West towards Bangalore ! #iwm

— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) December 11, 2016

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Vardah - Chennai - "calm before storm"

11pm, #Vardah slowly chugging towards #Chennai.

Now at 200km. 

NO weakening seen!

980mb with winds gusting to 138kph.

Sustained winds 100kph ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/original/pPC8Q.gif 

#ALERT 

GFS suggests that #Vardah will make landfall near or over #Chennai at around 5pm as Severe Cyclone... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/pPCm2.jpg 

#Chennai - can experience 100 kmph winds after 2pm to 7/8pm on Monday with HEAVY to very HEAVY rainfall. Here's the surface wind forecast ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/pPCuc.jpg 

Precipitation forecast suggests HEAVY to very Heavy rain expected during next 24hrs over Chennai, NE Tamilnadu, S Andhra .. https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/pPCNE.jpg 

#Chennai - 11pm, "calm before storm" .. its calm now! but light rains is slowly pushing into city.

Gradually it'll increase towards morning.

7:30pm, #vardah - #Chennai - mild drizzles around, first rain band is at doorsteps, still less/NO weakening seen. Now 280km East of city. 

December 11, 2016 at 04:00PM

Chennai - 3:55pm, drizzle now in Polichalur zone. First drops due to #vardah #weather

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