RT @joesat: #nilam Tree uprooted in Teachers colony adayar, #chennai while driving by . Effects of wind gusts @weatherofindia 

12:30pm, Cyclone Nilam is closing in on Cuddalore & Pondicherry .. here's the latest visible satellite pic... http://ow.ly/i/14P2h 

Warning :: Heavy rain and High winds coming up for Cuddalore & Pondicherry ... Take care !

#chennai - 12:48pm, showers taking a break but winds are strong.. Atmosphere Pressure is dropping over city ! Sign of Cyclone closing in!

RT @imdaniel48: @weatherofindia Kancheepuram, SRM UNIVERSITY, Rain seems to have stopped, but looks like some heavy rain this after noon.

RT @m_krishna: @weatherofindia Overcast skies in Mylapore #Chennai... http://t.co/b5ml86DW (12:42pm)

RT @deepak_eshwar: @weatherofindia #royapettah #chennai #cyclonenilam http://t.co/1lbSaZPQ (12:25pm)

Till 8:30am today, Vedaranyam records 135 mm of Rainfall.

@sarakumar1 >> #chennai - Rainfall till 8:30am today, Nungambakkam = 93.4mm and Airport = 79.8mm

RT @fabwrite: RT @ibnlive: #Nilam Control room helpline numbers in Tamil Nadu:  
Cuddalore 1077 
Chennai 1913. 

12pm, Cyclone is nearing Pondicherry, Cuddalore coast .. latest Sat. visible shows heavy rain nearing this zone.. http://ow.ly/i/14OQY 

RT @ranganaathan: RT @sridharkswamy: The view from my office seat - #chennaicyclone http://t.co/sQP6Z0qu @weatherofindia 11am

RT @ranganaathan: Heavy winds blowing in T-Nagar Chennai now @weatherofindia (12pm)

RT @joesat: #nilam #palavakkam Gusts picked up speed with intermittent drizzle. Looks like the lull before the actual thing hits (11:55am)

Cyclone Nilam - Core is carrying lots of Rain & wind. towards Cuddalore, Pondicherry

11am, Latest satellite visible shot reveals the core.
Pressure & Wind speed remains the same for the past 3hrs.
Position at 8:30am is almost parallel to Karaikal and tracking N-W towards Cuddalore & Pondicherry. See map below...

IMD warning at 10:30am IST

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Cyclonic storm ‘NILAM’ over southwest Bay of Bengal: Cyclone Warning for North Tamil Nadu, 

Puducherry and adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coasts—Red Message

The Cyclonic Storm ‘NILAM’, moved northwestwards and lay centred at 0830 hours IST of today, the

31

st

  October 2012 near latitude 11.0

0

N and longitude 81.0

0

E, about 260 km south-southeast of Chennai and 

300 km north of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka). The system would intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm and 

move  northwestwards  and  cross  north  Tamil  Nadu  &  adjoining  south  Andhra  Pradesh coast  between 

Puducherry and Nellore, close to Chennai by 31

st

 October, 2012 evening.