Mon Dec 02 00:10:00 UTC 2024: Here’s a news article summarizing the provided Tamil text:
**Cyclone Fengal Stalls Near Puducherry, Causing Record Rainfall**
**Puducherry, December 2, 2024** – Cyclone Fengal, after making landfall near Puducherry on December 1st, unexpectedly stalled for three hours (3 AM to 6 AM) in the same location, according to the Southern Regional Director of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mr. Balachandran. While the cyclone initially crossed the coast between 5:30 PM and 11:00 PM on December 1st, its unusually slow movement has raised concerns. It moved at only 7 km/h over the past six hours.
The IMD reports that the cyclone is expected to weaken into a deep depression within the next three hours, moving in a west-southwesterly direction. The heavy rainfall associated with the cyclone has been unprecedented, with 50 cm recorded in Mayiladuthurai, Virudhunagar district and 46 cm in Puducherry itself. This surpasses the previous record of 21 cm recorded in Puducherry in October 2004. The IMD continues to monitor the situation and issue further warnings as needed.
The IMD also reports significant rainfall across the region, with three locations experiencing extremely heavy rainfall, six locations experiencing very heavy rainfall, and twenty locations experiencing heavy rainfall within the last 24 hours.
**Puducherry’s Infrastructure Under Strain:**
The text also highlights the vulnerability of Puducherry and Cuddalore, describing them as cities repeatedly devastated by cyclones and floods over the past 50 years. Concerns are raised about Puducherry’s overpopulation, inadequate urban planning, and poor water management systems which exacerbate the impact of such weather events. There are calls for relocating the capital from Puducherry to Karaikal, a more industrially developed city with better infrastructure, potentially using the space around Thiruvannamalai.
The text includes some unrelated and emotionally charged comments expressing concerns about governance and expressing a desire for more rainfall in other parts of Tamil Nadu. These comments have been excluded from the factual reporting in this news piece.
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