The Cyclonic Storm Fengal over the bay, despite crossing the coast, remained practically stationary and will weaken gradually, even as heavy rains up to 50 cms wrought havoc in Villuuppuram and Puducherry.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister M K Stalin visited the Master Control Centre in Chennai on Sunday and reviewed the relief works in Cyclone-hit districts and said he has requested the Centre to depute a Team to assess the damages caused by the rain fury.
He also said Villupuram received heavy rains and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was deputed to the district to monitor the relief works.
He also said he would visit the rain-hit districts to review the situation.
In an update on Sunday, Met office said the Cyclone Fengal over north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry remained practically stationary during the past 6 hours and lay centered at 0830 hours today, over the same region near latitude.
It lay centered close to Puducherry, about 30 km north of Cuddalore, 40 km east of Villupuram and 120 km south-southwest of Chennai.
It is likely to move westwards very slowly and weaken gradually into a deep depression over north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next 6 hours.
The system is being continuously monitored.
Meanwhile, heavy rains wrought havoc in Villupuram and Puducherry as the systems made the land fall very late last night, though rains subsided in Chennai and suburbs where the life limped back to normalcy after yesterday’s battering.
Several north coastal districts received heavy rains close to 20 cms.
Villupuram recorded a high of 51 cm of rain during the past 24 hrs ending at 0830hrs this morning followed by Puducherry 49 cms.
The other chief amounts of rainfall: Mylam AWS (dist Villupuram) 51, Puducherry AWS (dist Puducherry) 49, Puducherry (dist Puducherry) 48, Patthukannu (dist Puducherry) 45,
Thirukkanur (dist Puducherry) 43, Puducherry Town (dist Puducherry) 40, Tindivanam (dist Villupuram) 37, RSCL-2 Nemoor (dist Villupuram) 35, Bahour (dist Puducherry), RSCL Vallam
(dist Villupuram) 32 each, RSCL-3 Semmedu (dist Villupuram) 31, RSCL-2 Valavanur (dist Villupuram), RSCL-2 Koliyanur (dist Villupuram) 28 each, Vilupuram (dist Villupuram) 27,
Gingee (dist Villupuram), RSCL-2 Kedar (dist Villupuram) 25 each, RSCL-3 Valathy (dist
Villupuram), Vanur (dist Villupuram), RSCL-2 Soorapattu (dist Villupuram), Marakkanam (dist Villupuram) 24 each, Cuddalore (dist Cuddalore), RSCL-3 Avalurpettai (dist Villupuram) 23 each,
Tiruvannamalai AWS (dist Tiruvannamalai), Chetpet (dist Tiruvannamalai) 22 each,
Jamunamarathur (dist Tiruvannamalai), Cuddalore Collector Office (dist Cuddalore), RSCL-3 Anandhapuram (dist Villupuram), Uthiramerur (dist Kancheepuram) 21 each, Madurantakam (dist Chengalpattu), Keelpennathur (dist Tiruvannamalai), Gummidipoondi (dist Tiruvallur), Chengalpattu (dist Chengalpattu) 20 each, Avadi (dist Tiruvallur), Thirukalukundram (dist Chengalpattu), Vanamadevi (dist Cuddalore) 19 each, Tiruttani (dist Tiruvallur), Arani (dist Tiruvannamalai), BASL Mugaiyur (dist Villupuram), Arcot (dist Ranipet) 18 each, SRC Kudithangi (dist Cuddalore), Cheyyar ARG (dist Tiruvannamalai) 17 each, Thirukoilur ARG (dist Kallakurichi), Vandavasi (dist Tiruvannamalai), Thamaraipakkam (dist Tiruvallur), Kalasapakkam (dist Tiruvannamalai), RSCL-2 Kanjanur (dist Villupuram), Tambaram (dist Chengalpattu) 16 each,
Thandarampettai (dist Tiruvannamalai), Kallakurichi (dist Kallakurichi), Kancheepuram (dist Kancheepuram), Wallajah (dist Ranipet), Cheyyur (dist Chengalpattu), MGR Nagar (dist Chennai), Ayanavaram Taluk Office (dist Chennai), RSCL-2 Mundiyampakkam (dist Villupuram), Kalavai PWD (dist Ranipet) 15 each,
