Nilam Now Thrusting Against Tamilnadu

Nilam Now Thrusting Against Tamilnadu

Here’s the latest IMD satellite image that indicates Cyclone Nilam almost thrusting against the Tamilnadu coastlines. H/t Santosh Subramanian & Pradeep

Nelam cyclone to Hit Tamil Nadu 270 kms

Now It is 270 Kms near to the shore. Now the effects of the storm has been shown in sea shore. People are  moved to safe areas.Now the speed to the air in the sea shore is about 50 kms and its going on increasing. Expected to reach about 110 kms near by today evening. The entire sea shore areas are clouded by dark clouds. In some areas the sea water enters into some areas.

LIve: NILAM Chennai Cyclone Today

LIVE: NILAM Cyclone to cross coast near Chennai Today Evening

The Cyclonic Storm 'NILAM', moved northwestwards and lay centred at 0530 hours IST of today, the 31thth October 2012 near latitude 10.50N and longitude 81.50E, about 320 km south-southeast of Chennai and 220 km north of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka). The system would move north-northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu & adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coast between Cuddalore and Nellore, near Chennai by 31stst October, 2012 evening.

Under the influence of this system, rainfall at most places with scattered heavy to very heavy falls and isolated extremely heavy falls (25 cm or more) during next 24 hrs. Rainfall at most places with isolated heavy to very heavy falls would also occur over south coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and north Interior Tamil Nadu during next 48 hrs.

Squally winds speed reaching 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph would prevail along and off north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts during next 06 hours. The wind speed would gradually increase thereafter as the system comes closer to coast, becoming 80-90 kmph at the time of landfall. Sea condition will be high along and off north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts during next 36 hours.

Storm Surge: Storm surge of about 1-1.5 metre over the astronomical tide is likely to inundate the low lying areas of Chennai, Kanchipuram & Tiruvallur of Tamilnadu and Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.

Damage expected as cyclone approaches near the coast: Damage to thatched huts. Uprooting of small trees and breaking of tree branches and minor damage to power and communication lines. Storm is also expected to damage to crops like standing rice, groundnut and maize in coastal districts of Tamilnadu and rice and groundnut in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Action Suggested: Fishermen along north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts are advised not to venture into the sea during next 48 hrs.

Earthquake in Chennai, Indonesia Live Videos Stream April 11,Watch online live stream images.

Earthquake in Chennai, Indonesia Live Videos Stream April 11,Watch online live stream images.


An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province has been felt in 28 countries including India and Nepal. Tremors were felt across India including Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Bihar and Guwahati ...

Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 8.7 earthquake

Jakarta: A tsunami watch was issued for countries across the Indian Ocean after a large earthquake hit waters off Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering widespread panic as residents along coastlines fled to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles.

Some were crying. Others screamed "God as great" as they poured from their homes.
The US Geological Survey said the 8.7-magnitude quake was centered 20 miles (33 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor around 269 miles (434 kilometers) from Aceh's provincial capital.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami watch was in effect for Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore.

Earthquake and tsunami experts say that the waves are likely to be more than 6 metres high. A tsunami watch means there is the potential for a tsunami, not that one is imminent.

Said, an official at Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency who goes by only one name, said a tsunami warning has been issued for cities all along the coast of Sumatra island. Residents in Banda Aceh are already moving to higher ground.

There was chaos in the streets, with fierce shaking continuing for nearly four minutes.
"I was in the shower on the fifth floor of my hotel," Timbang Pangaribuan told El Shinta radio from the city of Medan. "We all ran out. ... We're all standing outside now."

He said one guest was injured when he jumped from the window of his room.
The tremor was felt in Singapore, Thailand, Bangladesh, Malaysia and India. High-rise apartments and offices on Malaysia's west coast shook for at least a minute.

Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center issued an evacuation order to residents in six provinces along the country's west coast, including the popular tourist destinations of Phuket, Krabi and Phang-Nga.
Tremors were also felt in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Patna, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar and several other cities on the eastern coast of India. India has also issued tsunami warning for coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands following the earthquake.

The Chennai port has been shut down due to tsunami alert. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have already been rushed to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.

A giant 9.1-magnitude quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, nearly three quarter of them in Aceh.

Today Earthquake in Chennai April 11th 2012- Wednesday

Wednesday 11th of April 2012 - @ around 14.10 hrs Live Video stream...

Earthquake  occurred at certain places,  could be easily felt in Office.  Could feel some movement, sort of shaking of the ground under the feet.

Place: Mount Road, T.Nagar, Saidapet, Guindy and some other places

Those inside the office realized and as afterthought started moving outside their premises and gathered on roads and infront of building.  There was some fear, though not many exhibited the same.

Clearly no one had any clue as to do what next ! – almost everyother person was seen talking on mobile to dear, near and known persons – conveying their perception and asking others to be safe.

Fortunately, there appeared to be no panic reaction nor spreading of rumours.  Some state that the earthquake was felt throughout the city and in many parts of the State.  The size and magnitude of the quake is not known and it does not appear to have caused any damage.

Chennai houses many old buildings and some flyovers and how safe or how prepared are we – often would have no answers !


Kochi:

A feeble earthquake was felt in various place in Chennai and Kochi. The quake that struck Kochi at 2.10pm lasted for 5 seconds. At Chennai the quake was felt at a similar time. The quake in Chennai lasted for 5-6 seconds. Sources say that people panicked and frantically ran out of the buildings. The quake was felt a Mailapur and Tiruvalur.

No confirmation has been received from the meteorological department about the intensity of the quake. The quake has also been reported at Kolkatta Patna and Bangalore. No loss of life or property has been recorded yet. Extreme caution has been alerted at Adaman Nicobar Islands.

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Nearly half the households use LPG for cooking

Chennai: Kerosene use petering out in Tamil Nadu

Cooking habits seem to have changed dramatically over the past decade in Tamil Nadu with nearly half the households switching from traditional fuel sources to LPG/PNG, according to figures released for the ‘Houselisting and Housing Census’.

On the flip side, still 13.7 per cent of homes do not have a kitchen at all while 0.4 per cent of households ticked the “no cooking” box.

Among the 1.84 crore households surveyed, 47.9 per cent use LPG/PNG as their main mode of cooking, representing a jump of 29 percentage points from 2001.

While 68.7 per cent of the urban population and 28.6 per cent of rural population use this fuel as cooking medium, the use of kerosene is petering out in the State.

Among all fuel forms, kerosene, along with coal/charcoal have the least number of takers — 6.9% and 0.1% of the population. Surprisingly, the use of kerosene is 11 per cent in urban settings while it is only 2.5 per cent in rural areas. Firewood continues to be the mainstay in rural kitchens accounting for nearly 66.8 per cent of the rural households surveyed as against 18.4 per cent of urban homes.

Though the census reveals that 80 per cent of the population use tap water, only 66.3 per cent in urban and 46.1 per cent in rural areas have access to water from treated source and hardly 35 per cent of households have a water source within their residential premises.

The top two districts in terms of households with access to tap water are Theni (93.96 per cent) and Coimbatore (93.76 per cent), while Ramanathapuram (58.01 per cent) and Dharmapuri (55.71 per cent) are at the bottom of the pile.

The urban-rural gap has visibly shrunk in the number of households that use electricity as the main source of lighting. Almost 93 per cent of households use electricity marking an increase of 16 percentage points over the previous census. The urban-rural gap has also narrowed by 11 percentage points. On the personal transport front, 45 per cent of households have bicycles, 32 per cent two-wheelers (a 16 percentage point increase over previous census) and 4 per cent four-wheelers (2 percentage point rise from 2001).

Source: Thehindu

Jayalalithaa declares open houses

Chennai: Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday declared open 8,251 houses constructed at a cost of Rs. 303 crore in 11 coastal districts.

Barring 612 houses in Pudukottai district under the Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package, the remaining houses were built under the World Bank-aided Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project (ETRP).

The construction of the houses was carried out in the first phase.

Totally, there would be 14,364 houses for those affected persons whose houses were located in the radius of 200 metres to 1000 metres from the high tide line of the sea.

Each house, costing Rs. 3.75 lakh, was of the size of 325 sq. ft.

Insured

All houses had been insured for 10 years, according to an official release.

Source: Thehindu