The entire state is sinking! People escape from flooded cars and houses in Tamil Nadu, India

The entire state is sinking! People escape from flooded cars and houses in Tamil Nadu, India Natural disaster 4 December 2023. As of December 4th, Tropical Cyclone Mikaung is moving northwest in the western part of the Bay of Bengal. The storm’s circulation center was approximately 111 km northeast of Chennai, India. Forecast models indicate that the system will continue to strengthen as it moves north along the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is projected that after making landfall, the system will rapidly weaken into a depression as it moves north and then dissipate over the southern state of Chhattisgarh by early December 7th. The forecast for the storm’s direction and intensity remains somewhat uncertain, with potential changes in the coming hours and days. The Meteorological Department of India has issued red alerts for heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds, and lightning in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Orange alerts for torrential rain and stro