India Cyclone a Serious Threat to Life, Property
Tropical Cyclone Thane looms over the southwestern Bay of Bengal on Dec. 28, 2011 (India Meteorological Department)
By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist
Dec 28, 2011; 10:34 AM ET
Tropical Cyclone Thane will strike southeastern India bringing damaging winds, flooding rain and inundating storm tides beginning late Thursday.
The likely landfall will happen early Friday, local time, on the Tamil Nadu coast south of Chennai.
Fishermen have been urged not to venture forth, or to return to port, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Those people living in vulnerable dwellings have been advised to find safer shelter.
A storm tide about 1 meter above normal, with some inundation of low-lying areas, was forecast.
The strengthening storm packed highest sustained winds of 75 knots, or 85 mph, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) advised on Wednesday. Located within 250 miles east-southeast of Chennai, Thane was heading westward at 8 mph, the JTWC said.
The JTWC and IMD both forecast further strengthening of Thane, already equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane, before the storm’s landfall.
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