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Cyclone Ditwah was slowly moving closer towards the Tamil Nadu coast and it was likely to bring heavy rainfall, the weather office said , as the state government reviewed its preparedness to face the second such weather system in a month.
The weather office forecast heavy rains in the southern and Cauvery delta districts of the state, between November 29 and 30.
The name, ‘Ditwah’, referring to a lagoon, was suggested by Yemen. It is likely named after Detwah Lagoon, a large, saline lagoon on the northwest coast of the island of Socotra in Yemen.
The Cyclonic Storm Ditwah [Pronunciation: Ditwah] over coastal Sri Lanka and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with the speed of 7 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at 1730 hrs IST of today, the 28th November 2025 over the same region, near… pic.twitter.com/kBXwe2TPR0
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 28, 2025
In a bulletin on Friday evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the cyclonic storm ‘Ditwah’ over the coast of Sri Lanka and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved slowly northwards with a speed of 3 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 2.30 hrs of today, November 28 over the same region.
It is located about 300 km south-southeast of Karaikal, 410 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 510 km south-southeast of Chennai, the bulletin said.
Chief Minister M K Stalin reviewed the situation.
At the state emergency operations centre, he said, ‘a red alert (extremely heavy rain of over 20 cm in 24 hours) has been issued for the southern and delta districts.’
“I held a video conference with the collectors of the districts where red alert has been sounded. Already, a meeting of higher officials was convened with senior officials yesterday (Thursday) to issue detailed instructions,” he said.
