Mandous Cyclone to move across TN by today midnight

According to IMD, cyclone Mandous is very likely to maintain its intensity of a severe Cyclonic Storm during next 06 hours and then weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm thereafter.

"It would continue to move west-northwestwards and cross north Tamilnadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry and Sriharikota around Mahabalipuram as a cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph during midnight of today, the 09th December to early hours of 10th December," the IMD said.