The cyclonic storm “Thane” formed over south-west Bay of Bengal has moved further westwards and crossed North Tamil Nadu Coast between Cuddalore and Puducherry on Friday morning. It continued to move westwards and weakened into a severe cyclonic storm, about 1000 Km south-south-west of Gopalpur in Odisha. The system is likely to move westwards and weaken further.

The maximum gale wind speed of 120-140 kmph has been reported over Puducherry and Cuddalore observatories of IMD. Under the impact of the very severe cyclonic storm, rain or thundershower will occur at some places over districts of Odisha during next 24 hours. Distant Warning Signal Number-Two (DW-II) has been lowered at Paradip and Gopalpur ports in Odisha