Cyclon ‘Nada’ is expected to weaken further gradually into a depression and cross the north Tamil Nadu coast by early Friday.

According to the weather bulletin, Nada has weakened into a deep depression and lay centered over 290 km south-southeast of Chennai and 210 km southeast of Puducherry. The system is very likely to continue to move west-northwestward, weaken further gradually into a depression and cross north Tamil Nadu coast between Vedaranniyam and Puducherry, south of Cuddalore by early Friday, it said.