Cyclone Nivar hurtled into the Puducherry coast late on November 25, uprooting trees and packing strong winds and rains as tens of thousands of people took refuge in shelters. Cyclone Nivar made landfall at around 2.30 am with winds of up to 130 kilometres per hour. Thousands of state and national emergency personnel were deployed in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry as authorities suspended power supply across several cities to prevent damage to the electricity grid. Initially classified as a "very severe cyclonic storm" as it swirled in the Bay of Bengal, Nivar weakened after landfall into a "severe cyclonic storm", the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Watch the video to know more.

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