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One person has been injured due to the falling of a tree, according to the police. Meanwhile, the Chennai airfield is to remain closed until 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Authorities have evacuated people from sea areas and closed schools and colleges in the interest of the general public. Residents of low-lying areas in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have been moved to safe locations to prevent significant loss of life and property.
The low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression on Friday and is expected to become a cyclonic storm-'Michaung' in two days. In the wake of depression intensifying, India Meterological Department (IMD) issued an 'orange alert' for southern states including Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Forecasters anticipate that by November 30, the storm will be moving toward the west-northwest and gradually strengthening into a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal.
As on Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that a cyclonic circulation emanating from the Gulf of Thailand had entered the south Andaman Sea.