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Tropical cyclone ‘Thane' in the south-west Bay of Bengal has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday afternoon.
It is at least 36 hours away from a landfall to the south of Chennai, likely over Pondicherry and neighbourhood, as suggested by a couple of international models.
FRIDAY LANDFALL
An India Meteorological Department (IMD) outlook said on Wednesday evening said that the landfall is likely to happen on Friday morning.
‘Thane' remained practically stationary on Wednesday, before intensifying into a severe cyclonic storm about 500 km east-southeast of Chennai, 600 km northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) and 800 km west-northwest of Port Blair.
The IMD expected the system to move west-northwestwards, intensify another round on T
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