Cyclone Nilam Shifts Position: Landfall now Puducherry

According to IMD, 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.

Estimated landfall around 00,00 hrs tomorrow

as on 0900 31st Oct