Cyclone Fani: All You Need To Know And Prepare For

Chennai: Cyclone 'Fani' is very likely to intensify into a "very severe cyclonic storm" on Monday, the Cyclone Warning Division of the MeT department said on Sunday.

Things you need to know about Fani:

• Heavy falls at isolated places are very likely over Kerala on April 29 and 30.
• The system will not make landfall in Tamil Nadu, but may bring light rain in some northern parts. Earlier, it was expected to cause heavy rains in northern Tamil Nadu, including Chennai.
• The Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai said cyclone threat to Tamil Nadu has abated.
• Light to moderate rainfall are very likely at a few places over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha on May 2. It is likely to increase in intensity with heavy rainfall over coastal Odisha from May 3.
• Strong winds with speed reaching 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph are likely to commence along and off the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coast, Comorin area and Gulf of Mannar from Sunday. It will intensify a day later.
• Sea conditions are expected to be “rough to very rough" along and off Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts from April 29 to May 1.
• The sea conditions will be “very rough" along and off the north Andhra Pradesh coast from May 1-3 and along off Odisha coast from May 2 onwards.
• The IMD has also advised fishermen along the coasts of Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry not to venture into the sea.

The National Disaster Management Authority has issued a list of do’s and dont's that you need to keep in mind with the onset of the cyclone.