Hundreds evacuated in Indian city of Chennai as cyclone nears

CHENNAI: Hundreds of people in low lying areas in India's southern city of Chennai were evacuated and more than 150 relief centres were on standby ahead of a"very severe cyclonic storm", government officials said on Wednesday .

Authorities in south-eastern India evacuated several thousand people out of the path of Cyclone Nivar. Edappadi Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu state's chief minister, has declared Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays in some areas, ordered the halting of bus services, advised fishermen not venture to sea and asked people to stay indoors.Many automobile companies in Chennai, home to a flourishing automobile industry and dubbed the"Detroit of South Asia", shut operations on Wednesday, and some were likely to remain closed on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said.

Cyclone Nivar's centre was expected to pass about 175km northeast of Sri Lanka's northern tip early on Nov 25, 2020.

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