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New Delhi : The severe cyclonic storm NIVAR over southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 11 kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 8.30 am on November 25, 2020, over southwest Bay of Bengal, about 240 km east-southeast of Cuddalore, about 250 km east southeast of Puducherry, and 300 km south southeast of Chennai. It is very likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm during next 6 hours.
It is very likely to move west northwestwards and cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram around Puducherry during November 25, 2020, mid-night and early hours of November 26, 2020, as a very severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 120-130 kmph gusting to 145 kmph, according to a PIB release.