Cyclone Michaung LIVE updates: Landing near Bapatla today, flights and trains cancelled

New Delhi: The deep depression over the Southern Bay of Bengal, which has intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘Michaung’ is likely to continue moving north-northwestward, further intensify and reach the western central Bay of Bengal off southern Andhra Pradesh and adjoining coasts of northern Tamil Nadu by today afternoon. The cyclone caused severe destruction and five people were also killed by the heavy rain. As many as five people have been killed in separate incidents in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai amid heavy rains due to Cyclone Michaung, according to an official statement from the Chennai Police. The IMD earlier predicted heavy rainfall in Chennai and surrounding areas over the next 24 hours. The Chennai MeT department had subsequently issued a thunderstorm warning in Tamil Nadu for the next three hours. Read here for all the latest updates..