Schools and colleges in Puducherry and parts of Tamil Nadu will remain closed tomorrow, with the possibility of a cyclone hitting the coastal areas.
The met office has said that the depression over southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm within the next 12 hours, bringing heavy rain across Tamil Nadu.
The depression is located about 120 km east-southeast of Trincomalee, 370 km southeast of Nagapattinam, 470 km southeast of Puducherry, and 550 km south-southeast of Chennai.