Visits to circus whether they were done a couple of centuries ago or today is never complete without witnessing a bunch of performers defy gravity and literally fly at heights that could induce vertigo to many. We used to sit there with our mouths open not only out of excitement but also with a palpable…
Northeast monsoon may not be as fanciful as Southwest Monsoon, it may not be as critical to the food security of the Indian subcontinent as southwest monsoon, surely the scale of northeast monsoon is incomparable to southwest monsoon. But still it catches the imagination of a lot of weather bloggers who spends days and sleepless…
Exactly 6 years ago Cyclone Vardah one of the five Cyclones to have made a direct touchdown over Chennai peaking up to Category 1 in the Saffir Simpson scale made landfall over Chennai bringing the city to a complete standstill. It is important to mention here about two powerful cyclones that did come very close…
A few days back when weather models slowly started to align about a potential disturbance heading towards North TN coast there was a lot chatter among weather bloggers on whether the disturbance would head in the direction of North TN or would there be last minute twists and turns. As always the case cyclones in…
Cyclone Nivar in 2020, Cyclone Nilam in 2012 are some of the recent cyclones that made landfall close to Mahabalipuram / Marakkanam. In addition to having landfall close to Mahabalipuram / Marakkanam these cyclones shared two other characteristics as well, both of these moved from south bay area in a SE to NW direction going…
