If ever there are some small mercies left for this year,
the people of Chennai are among the last few to be so blessed in this
year. Many of us were ruing our luck at the timing of the Tropical
Cyclone 06B (the sixth cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in 2011), which has been
christened ‘Thane’.
Two days back the predicted track led right through the city of Chennai.
Coupled with the way the Thane was developing into a very severe cyclonic storm
with (estimated) sustained maximum surface winds at 130 to 140 kmph (80 to 87
mph) and gusting to 155 kmph (96 mph), many of us were worried about the damage
Thane would wreck on our fair city.
Always in the back of our minds was that day-after is the new year’s eve and
the damage it would wreck on the new years eve party. Thankfully, the
Cyclone is veering off South West from the projected track and is expected to
cross about 78 NM (145 km / 90 mi) south of Chennai.
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