Editor's Pick | Cyclone Fengal makes Saturday night landfall

Cyclone Fengal, hit the coasts along the North of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry late Saturday night, triggering heavy rainfall and strong winds over coastal districts of north Tamil Nadu – specifically inundating low level areas. As many as three people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the state’s capital. The arriving cyclone also disrupted flights and EMU train services in Chennai. Flight operations at the Chennai airport remain suspended until 4 a.m. Sunday citing “adverse weather conditions” that led to 226 flights being cancelled. 20 flights which were to arrive in Chennai were diverted to either Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Tiruchi, Guwahati and/or Madurai. Suburban services between Chennai Beach and Velachery in the MRTS Section were suspended since Saturday afternoon as gale winds prevailed in Chennai. The Indian Meteorological Department evaluated that the cyclone is “likely to move west south-westwards and cross Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram close to Puducherry as a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph during next 2 hours.” The landfall process will continue during the same period, it estimated. Saturday had Chennai’s Meenambakkam and Nungambakkam experiencing up to 11.4 cm rainfall whilst Puducherry and Cuddalore recorded 17 cm and 7 cm rainfall respectively. At least 53 major roads were waterlogged in various parts of the city, and seven subways were closed. Furthermore, several arterial roads wore a deserted look as most residents stayed indoors. The Hindu’s Profiles Devendra Fadnavis: The man behind the surge Jay Bhattacharya: Trump’s research czar The Hindu’s Daily Quiz Who is the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) national working president? Yugendra Pawar Praful Patel Sunil Tatkare Anand Sharma To know the answer and to play the full quiz, click here. [logo] Editor's Pick 01 December 2024 [The Hindu logo] [EP Logo] Editor's Pick 01 December 2024 In the Editor's Pick newsletter, The Hindu explains why a story was important enough to be carried on the front page of today's edition of our newspaper. [View in browser]( [More newsletters]( Cyclone Fengal makes Saturday night landfall [Cyclone Fengal]( hit the coasts along the North of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry late Saturday night, triggering heavy rainfall and strong winds over coastal districts of north Tamil Nadu – specifically inundating low level areas. As many as three people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the state’s capital. The arriving cyclone also disrupted flights and EMU train services in Chennai. Flight operations at the Chennai airport remain suspended until 4 a.m. Sunday citing “adverse weather conditions” that led to 226 flights being cancelled. 20 flights which were to arrive in Chennai were diverted to either Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Tiruchi, Guwahati and/or Madurai. Suburban services between Chennai Beach and Velachery in the MRTS Section were suspended since Saturday afternoon as gale winds prevailed in Chennai.  The Indian Meteorological Department evaluated that the cyclone is “likely to move west south-westwards and cross Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram close to Puducherry as a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph during next 2 hours.” The landfall process will continue during the same period, it estimated.  Saturday had Chennai’s Meenambakkam and Nungambakkam experiencing up to 11.4 cm rainfall whilst Puducherry and Cuddalore recorded 17 cm and 7 cm rainfall respectively. At least 53 major roads were waterlogged in various parts of the city, and seven subways were closed. Furthermore, several arterial roads wore a deserted look as most residents stayed indoors. The Hindu’s Profiles [Arrow][Devendra Fadnavis: The man behind the surgeÂ]( [Arrow][Jay Bhattacharya: Trump’s research czar]( The Hindu’s Daily Quiz Who is the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) national working president? - Yugendra Pawar - Praful Patel - Sunil Tatkare - Anand Sharma To know the answer and to play the full quiz, [click here](. Today’s Best Reads [[People should revolt against misuse of money and power in Maharashtra election, says Sharad Pawar] People should revolt against misuse of money and power in Maharashtra election, says Sharad Pawar]( [[World Chess Championship: Honours shared in game five as Ding lets Gukesh off the hook] World Chess Championship: Honours shared in game five as Ding lets Gukesh off the hook]( [[Pakistan blinks, PCB source says will accept hybrid model if same policy followed for ICC events in India] Pakistan blinks, PCB source says will accept hybrid model if same policy followed for ICC events in India]( Copyright© 2024, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. If you are facing any trouble in viewing this newsletter, please [try here]( Manage your newsletter subscription preferences [here]( If you do not wish to receive such emails [go here](