Cyclone Nivar in pictures | Heavy rains throw life out of gear in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

Vehicles wading through waterlogged roads brought back haunting memories of the 2015 floods. The scene at Dr. Besant Road in Chennai. (Source: THE HINDU)

Cyclone Nivar is expected to cross the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts during the midnight of November 25 and early hours of November 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm with a wind speeds in excess of 120 kmph, according to the Indian Met Department. In the lead-up, heavy and persistent rainfall at the start of the week threw life out of gear in the coastal cities and towns, causing heavy waterlogging in parts.

Chennai's iconic Marina beach is filled with storm water due to heavy rain on Wednesday due to Cyclone Nivar. (Source: The Hindu)

Chennai's iconic Marina beach is filled with storm water due to heavy rain on Wednesday due to Cyclone Nivar. (Source: The Hindu)

The iconic Pamban Bridge at Ramanathapuram wears a deserted look. (Source: The Hindu)

Nearly 300 evacuated residents eating lunch served at a cyclone relief centre in Samandhapettai in Nagapattinam district hours before Cyclone Nivar makes landfall on Wednesday. (Source: The Hindu)

A special medical centre set up at the cyclone relief centre in Samandhapettai in Nagapattinam district in case of emergencies. (Source: The Hindu)

The rough seas on the Ennore coast in Chennai didn’t deter some youngsters from living on the edge, literally (Source: THE HINDU)

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic didn’t deter many from making a desperate dash out of Chennai, packing buses after the Tamil Nadu government announced suspension of bus services in several districts from 1 p.m. on November 24. This was the scene at Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus in Chennai. (Source: THE HINDU)

Fishermen were warned to keep off the seas. They tied their fishing boats together, placed them at a distance away from the sea, in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. (Source: THE HINDU)

A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) assembled in Puducherry on Tuesday in anticipation of heavy rains. (Source: THE HINDU)

Ominous signs in the Puducherry coast as rough waves lashed the town’s seafront. (Source: THE HINDU)

Corporation staff were kept busy across Chennai as they try to drain rain water on the hectic Bharathi Salai in Triplicane (Source: THE HINDU)