Cyclone ‘Thane’ moves away

Disna MUDALIGE

The cyclonic storm Thane had moved away from Sri Lanka. it would most probably enter the Indian east coast today, Meteorology Department meteorologist D A Jayasingharachchi told the Daily News yesterday.

He said that the cyclone over the Bay of Bengal was located about 350 kms Northeast of Jaffna by noon yesterday. It was about 300 kms from Chennai and was moving with an average speed of about 15 to 20 km per hour. He observed that it was likely to move westwards from its eye towards the Indian east coast.

The Fishing and naval community have been further advised to refrain from maritime activities in the shallow and deep sea areas off the coast extending from Mannar to Trincomalee via Jaffna, as these sea areas would be very rough with very strong winds and intermittent rain due to the Cyclonic conditions.

He also said that strong winds and showers are expected in the Jaffna peninsula today while fairly strong winds are expected in the Northwestern, Eastern and North Central provinces and rest of the areas in the Northern Province.