CHENNAI - India's southern state of Tamil Nadu plans to evacuate people from some regions and has temporarily halted bus services and placed rescue vehicles on standby in anticipation of a severe cyclonic storm, the state's chief minister said on Tuesday .
India's weather office said at 1630 hours on Tuesday that Cyclone Nivar was"very likely" to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours, becoming very severe in the 12 hours following. The storm is likely to bring very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms to northern Tamil Nadu, the adjoining region of Puducherry and the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh, the IMD said.
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