Schools in Puducherry were closed today due to Cyclone Fengal, while the IMD issued a rain alert for Kerala and Karnataka.

Cyclone Fengal diminished on Sunday after making landfall between Puducherry and neighboring Tamil Nadu on November 30, but the torrential rains are still falling.

Authorities in Puducherry have declared Tuesday, December 3, a vacation for both government and private schools as well as colleges due to the continuous, severe rainfall caused by Cyclone Fengal, which made landfall close to the union territory on Saturday.

Cyclone Fengal decreased on Sunday after making landfall between Puducherry and neighboring Tamil Nadu on November 30, but it has been causing severe downpours. In the union territory, the Army intervened to rescue people who were stuck in flooded streets. Following intense rainfall and flooding, some areas of Tamil Nadu also experienced hardship.

Key features of the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal

Status of Cyclone Fengal: The remains of the cyclonic storm over north coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry drifted almost westward and diminished into a "Well Marked Low Pressure Area" at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, according to the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) most recent bulletin. Around December 3, the IMD predicted that the remaining low pressure area would surface over the southeast and adjacent east-central Arabian Sea off the shores of north Kerala and Karnataka.

Due to Cyclone Fengal's intense rains, Education Minister A Namachivayam declared a holiday for all government and private schools, as well as colleges, on Tuesday, December 3.

Puducherry experiences "unexpected rain": The administration of Puducherry announced on Monday that the union territory had unexpected rainfall and that it had chosen to give ₹5,000 in humanitarian aid to each and every ration cardholder impacted by Cyclone Fengal. "It was unexpected that Puducherry received 48% rainfall as a result of Cyclone Fengal. All ration cardholders impacted by the hurricane would receive ₹5,000 in emergency aid from the Puducherry government, according to Chief Minister N Rangaswamy.

Rescue efforts by the Indian Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Puducherry: The Sankaraparani River area was one of the worst damaged in Puducherry, as more than 200 homes in NR Nagar were submerged, requiring a rescue effort.

Impact of Cyclone Fengal in Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister MK Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to expedite the release of ₹2,000 crore in interim relief from the NDRF immediately in response to the "unprecedented" destruction in the state, which also resulted in exceptionally heavy rainfall in the coastal regions of north Tamil Nadu. Stalin noted that exceptionally heavy rainfall and destruction had occurred in the districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Ranipet, Vellore, and Tirupathur.

Kerala weather: Cyclone Fengal, which has already weakened into a low-pressure region over north interior Tamil Nadu and expanding into south interior Karnataka, is causing substantial rainfall in Kerala, according to a warning issued by the IMD on Monday. On Monday, five northern districts—Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode, and Malappuram—were placed under red alert. Kottayam and Pathanamthitta were placed on a yellow alert, while the districts of Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki, Alappuzha, and Ernakulam are on an orange alert.

Karnataka weather forecast: Cyclone Fengal is predicted to bring rain to Bengaluru and other Karnataka areas during the next two days, according to the Indian Meteorological Department on Monday. Rain had been falling in Bengaluru since Sunday night, and IMD authorities predicted that Tuesday will bring light to moderate rainfall to coastal Karnataka and portions of South Interior Karnataka. Tuesday is also predicted to bring "heavy to very heavy rainfall" to the Dakshina Kannada district administration, which was placed under an orange alert on Monday. In Dakshina Kannada, all government, aided, private, and anganwadi schools as well as pre-university colleges up to class 12 would be closed on December 3 as a precaution.