Chennai: 'Why we heaved a sigh of relief after cyclone Nivar struck'

The memories of the destruction caused by Cyclone Vardah and the 2015 floods began to haunt Chennai residents when IMD forecast Cyclone Nivar to make landfall as a very severe cyclonic storm at an estimated speed of 120-130kmph gusting to 145kmph. But unlike Vardah or Gaja that left a trail of destruction, Nivar, though a very severe cyclonic storm, spared Chennai and the rest of the northern districts it crossed on Wednesday night.