Chennai flight disruptions due to bad weather indigo airlines issued travel advisory Chennai, Tuticorin and Madurai flights Southwest Bay of Bengal cyclone IMD forecast

IndiGo issues question advisory for formation disruptions to/from Chennai, Tuticorin, Madurai owed to adverse upwind conditions
IndiGo Airlines has issued a question advisory regarding disruptions to flights to and from Chennai, Tuticorin, and Madurai, which proceed to beryllium impacted owed to adverse upwind conditions.

The hose besides hoped for a swift betterment from the ongoing challenges, thanking passengers for their understanding.

"#6ETravelAdvisory: Due to adverse upwind conditions, flights to/from #Chennai, #Tuticorin, and #Madurai proceed to beryllium impacted, portion #Tiruchirappalli and #Salem mightiness present besides beryllium affected," the hose posted connected X.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the heavy slump implicit the Southwest Bay of Bengal moved astir northwards with a velocity of 10 kmph successful the past fewer hours. As of 23:30 hours IST connected Tuesday, it was centred implicit the aforesaid portion adjacent latitude 7.5°N and longitude 82.6°E, astir 190 km southeast of Trincomalee, 470 km southeast of Nagappattinam, 580 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 670 km south-southeast of Chennai.

It is precise apt to proceed to determination north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic tempest connected Wednesday. Thereafter, it volition proceed to determination north-northwestwards towards the Tamil Nadu seashore skirting the Sri Lanka seashore during the consequent 2 days.

On Tuesday, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, confirmed that the slump implicit the southwest Bay of Bengal has present intensified into a heavy slump and that it is apt to intensify further into a cyclonic tempest connected Wednesday.

Chennai metropolis and its suburbs person been experiencing wide rainfall since Tuesday morning. The IMD has predicted airy to mean rains for the region, with rains being dense sometimes until Thursday (November 28).

"Yesterday's slump volition intensify into a heavy depression... It is apt to further intensify into a cyclonic tempest and determination towards the northbound direction, towards the Tamil Nadu coast," S. Balachandran, Director of the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, told ANI.

Meanwhile, the IMD has issued respective upwind alerts for Tamil Nadu. A reddish alert has been issued for highly dense rainfall successful 3 cardinal districts connected November 26 and 2 districts connected November 27. Additionally, Chennai volition beryllium nether a yellowish alert for dense rainfall from November 27 to 29. Neighbouring districts, including Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and Chengalpet, volition beryllium nether yellowish and orangish alerts from November 27 to 30.

Rainfall has besides been reported successful the suburbs of Chennai.

On November 27, airy to mean rainfall astatine galore places with thunderstorms and lightning astatine 1 oregon 2 places is apt to hap implicit Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.

On November 28, airy to mean rainfall is apt to hap astatine a fewer places with thunderstorms and lightning implicit Tamil Nadu (at galore places implicit coastal Tamil Nadu and a fewer places implicit interior Tamil Nadu), Puducherry, and Karaikal.