Cyclone Mandous in Chennai: How to track live location and areas online

Cyclonic storm Mandous recently formed over the southwest Bay of Bengal and was last reported to be 580km away from the southeast of Chennai. According to IMD, the cyclone is expected to make landfall between Puducherry and Sriharikota around midnight on December 9. The country’s weather agency noted that cyclonic storm Mandous (meaning treasure box) has moved towards the northwest with a speed of 11kmph during the past six hours. The agency’s latest report mention that the cyclone that formed at the centre of the southwest Bay of Bengal is laying 460 km southeast of Karaikal and about 550 km southeast of Chennai.
Cyclone Mandous in Chennai: How to track it live
Users can track live locations and the areas affected by cyclone Mandous online from the Zoom Earth website. This site offers information about windspeed and pressure among other details. Moreover, this site also shows animations of the satellite views to track the cyclone in real-time. Zoom Earth also provides its users with some other related maps like wind and precipitation patterns, temperature changes along with humidity and pressure maps.

Cyclone Mandous in Chennai: More details
The cyclone is expected to hit places in Tamil Nadu and AP with a windspeed of 65-75 kph. The weather department has warned of heavy rainfall in these locations and NDRF teams have been put on alert. Respective state governments have also ordered schools and colleges to remain closed for two days. Mandous is likely to maintain its intensity of a severe cyclonic storm for almost six hours and then it will weaken gradually thereafter.