Cyclone Nivar: Chennai airport suspends ops

November 25, 2020 18:11

Due to Cyclone Nivar aircraft operations at AAI Chennai Airport will remain suspended from 1900hrs of 25.11.2020 (today) to 0700hrs of 26.11.2020 (tomorrow), reports ANI.

The decision has been taken considering the safety aspect of passengers and the severity of approching Cyclone.

About more than 30,000 people have been evacuated from Tamil Nadu and 7,000 people have been evacuated from Puducherry.

The cyclone is expected to take more time to make landfall as it is moving slower than usual. A report by The Times of India has quoted a former IMD official as saying that cyclones usually move at 10-20 kmph but Nivar is moving at an average speed of 5-6 kmph.

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