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<keyword id="24240143" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chennai-International-Airport" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Chennai International Airport" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Chennai International Airport">Chennai International Airport</keyword> has been temporarily shut down till 7 PM on Saturday in view of <keyword id="24172195" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Cyclone-Fengal" source="keywords">cyclone Fengal</keyword> making landfall today evening. <br /><br />As heavy rainfall and strong winds intensified ahead of the cyclone, it is expected to cross between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram coasts, near Puducherry tonight.<br /><br />  Multiple airlines companies already issued travel advisories and updates on their flight plans due to the continuing heavy rainfall in Chennai Tamilnadu.<br /><br />Earlier, <keyword id="19900374" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IndiGo-airlines" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="IndiGo airlines" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="IndiGo airlines">IndiGo airlines</keyword> diverted all flights scheduled to come to Chennai. <br /><br />"Due to the impact of CycloneFengal in Chennai, flights operating to the city are being diverted. Our crew and airport teams are dedicated to providing all possible support &amp; assistance during this time. We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding," the X post by IndiGo said. <br /><br />Meanwhile, security at the Puducherry coast has also increased as Puducherry Senior Superintendent of Police, Kalaivanan visited the beaches and the coastal roads in the region and inspected them for preparedness. <br /><br />The authorities have advised the public to not visit beaches in Puducherry as well as in Tamil Nadu's Chennai, including Marina Beach, Pattinapakkam and Edward Elliot Beach. The tourist spots in Puducherry have been closed as a precautionary measure, owing to the impending cyclone Fengal.<br /><br /><keyword id="24240138" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Puducherry-police" source="keywords">Puducherry Police</keyword> in a post on X advised citizens, "In view of Cyclone Fengal, we urge you to exercise extreme caution and avoid visiting beaches and coastal areas"<br /><br />The SSP said that 300 police personnel have been deployed on various coastal roads and beaches. <br /><br />"For the last four days, we have been deploying police personnel along the beaches and apart from that we are also informing the fishermen and people living in the low-lying areas to be careful. Fishermen are not venturing into the sea. Since last night, we have closed all beaches. We have deployed nearly 300 personnel across all the beaches of Puducherry and we are coordinating with the NDRF also," the SSP said.<br /><br />The coastal areas of Puducherry witnessed rough sea and gusty winds on Saturday morning due to the impact of the cyclone. Puducherry received moderate rain, as per IMD, in the morning today but the rough sea was seen more than usual.<br />

Cyclone Fengal: Chennai airport shut till 7 PM

<ul class="summary-list"><ul class="summary-list"><li>Weather apps are tech's sleeper hit.</li><li>Data shows we're addicted, even when they don't work that well.</li></ul></ul><p>What's the temperature right now, wherever you're reading this?</p><p>Chances are you can answer with a decent level of confidence — even if you haven't left the house today — because we're all living our lives with mini digital weather bureaus in our pockets.</p><p>The Guardian is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/17/weather-apps-addiction-climate-crisis-anxiety">rather boldly reporting</a> that weather apps have become an "addiction." And these apps have become big business.</p><p>According to a <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/health/articles-reports/2023/05/08/how-and-where-americans-get-information-weather">recent YouGov poll</a>, apps are the number one source for weather information among Americans, used by 53% of people. <a href="https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/weather-app-market-report#:~:text=The%20global%20weather%20app%20market,technology%20to%20improve%20their%20business">A report by market research company Grand View Research</a> valued the industry at over $800 million in 2022, and estimated it could grow to $1.4 billion by 2028. </p><p>And yet as anyone who's been caught in a rainstorm with no umbrella knows, it's not really clear that these apps actually do their job all that well.</p><p>Eric Floehr, who founded a company called ForecastWatch that analyzes weather forecasts, told The Guardian that while weather apps are overall more accurate than they used to be, they still suck at a lot of things, like certain types of long-term forecasting, or accurately predicting the weather for certain areas.</p><p>At best, weather apps "perform about as well as meteorologists, but some of the most popular ones fare much worse," <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/04/weather-apps-forecast-predictions-information-overload/673648/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charlie Warzel recently wrote</a> in The Atlantic.</p><p>Still, there's a weather app for everyone: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.williamking.whattheforecast&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sassy weather apps</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grailr.carrotweather&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US" target="_blank" rel="noopener">irreverent weather apps</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-fit-outfit-planner/id1194408342" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fashion-conscious weather apps</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id486154808?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">practical weather apps</a>, and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enzuredigital.weatherbomb&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aesthetic weather apps</a>. And then there's the big gun: The Weather Channel app, which had over 55 million monthly active users in 2020 — more than the <a href="https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/most-popular-news-apps-uk-us-2022/">most downloaded news app in the US</a>, NewsBreak, <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=c3cc1e994ded29a379ef155d4c13cd30ec9726a47a87a6444b4268db506be345&amp;postID=64b64a587e1bbd0b48533187&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fparticle-media-inc-%2Flife%2F6959a80f-a841-48ce-bbd0-f93a552fc432%2F">which reports it has 40 million</a>.</p><p>And it's a smart business model. A weather app can use US government data (and many do, The Guardian reported) which is free to use for any purpose, <a href="https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api#:~:text=As%20a%20public%20service%20of,ensure%20that%20everyone%20has%20access">according to the National Weather Service's website</a>. They can then make money by <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy77wy/stop-using-third-party-weather-apps">using your location data</a>, feeding in ads, or <a href="http://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/presskit.html">charging for fun add-ons</a> such as customization and sharing options. </p><p>Weather apps are also able to avoid a lot of the controversy that surrounds other tech business models: they're not <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musks-twitter-plans-risk-more-scams-and-misinformation-experts-2022-11">dealing with a stream of misinformation</a> or <a href="https://www.insider.com/airbnb-bait-and-switch-scam-how-to-get-money-back-2023-2">scams</a>, or <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48916828">harassment on their platforms that they need to moderate</a>, or a gig-economy model that raises <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-driver-lost-uk-legal-battle-court-worker-rights-employment-2021-2">legal</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-warehouse-raises-workers-leaked-documents-2022-10">ethical</a> considerations.</p><p>Over-complicated social-media innovators <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-alternatives-social-media-discord-mastodon-hive-cohost-truth-2023-2">think they can win by creating the next Twitter</a>, but in this economy, perhaps they'd be better off creating the next weather channel instead.</p>

In this economy, the winner is weather apps

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-maps-extreme-heat-could-last-weeks-2022-6">heat wave</a> is breaking records across the US, threatening giant <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/august-wildfire-destroyed-10-of-the-worlds-giant-sequoia-trees-2021-6">sequoias</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-power-grid-operator-crypto-miners-shut-down-2022-7">Texas's power grid</a>.</li><li>Forecasters say the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-stay-cool-extreme-heat-scientists-2022-7">heat</a> will likely continue for another two weeks, until the end of July.</li></ul><p>The US is suffering through another multi-week <keyword id="11947988" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="heat-wave" source="Orion">heat wave</keyword>, which is forecast to last nearly the entire month of July.</p><p>Several days of triple-digit temperatures strained Texas's power grid, prompting the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-power-use-breaks-record-heat-wave-again-with-no-blackouts-2022-07-13/">ask</a> customers to limit power use. <keyword id="11898861" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wildfires" source="Orion">Wildfires</keyword> are roaring through Yosemite National Park, fueled by high temperatures that dry out vegetation. The blazes have threatened ancient <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/14/yosemite-wildfire-sierra-national-forest-california">giant Sequoias</a>.</p><div type="image" title="giant sequoia tree visible through smoke in forest" height="1665" width="2220" msid="92924788" hostid="261" sizebytes="202374"></div><p>About 50 million people were under a heat alert in the US last weekend, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/08/heat-wave-dangerous-heat-continue-over-southern-us-weekend/10015487002/">USA Today</a> reported. Though that number had dropped to <a href="https://www.weather.gov/images/crh/noc/wwa_natpop.png">24 million</a> as of Friday, the extreme temperatures are not over yet.</p><p>The heat will likely continue across the US for the rest of July, and expand again to the West Coast, according to forecasts from the <keyword id="12002886" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="climate" source="Orion">Climate</keyword> Prediction Center, which is operated by the National <keyword id="11911086" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="weather" source="Orion">Weather</keyword> Service (NWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The below map shows the center's projections.</p><div type="image" title="two heat maps side by side for the next two weeks show above average temperatures across the US" height="1000" width="2000" msid="92924789" hostid="261" sizebytes="146666"></div><p>Over the next two weeks, the high-pressure system that's currently trapping heat over Texas will move west toward California, according to climate scientist Daniel Swain.</p><p>"This will bring an extremely broad region of hotter than usual temperatures to the entire western 2/3 of the country," Swain said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/weather_west/status/1548014241986142213?s=21&amp;t=RRIl1fkwfwDlY1qyoSmbQA">Twitter thread</a> with forecast imagery from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.</p><p>He added that the coming heat wave will be "remarkable," both due to the vast land area it covers and its duration. Because it coincides with a pessimistic rain forecast, Swain said that the next two weeks of heat are likely to accelerate fire season.</p><div type="image" title="man in tent sweatign with cigarette reaches into cooler" height="1665" width="2220" msid="92924791" hostid="261" sizebytes="84922"></div><p><keyword id="12137269" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="extreme-heat" source="Orion">Extreme heat</keyword> kills hundreds of people across the US every year. Heat waves are growing more common, severe, and lengthy as global temperatures rise. The 2018 <a href="https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/">National Climate Assessment</a> <a href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/national-climate-assessment-team-updates-key-indicators-global">found</a> that the frequency of heat waves has tripled since the 1960s, and that the average heat-wave season has increased by 45 days.</p><p>So far, this summer is doing its best to demonstrate that trend. The Climate Prediction Center also produces a three-month outlook for temperatures nationwide. That forecast projects a summer of above-average heat across the entire US, with the exception of two small pockets in the north.</p><div type="image" title="united states heat map three-month outlook shows orange above average temperatures across the country" height="2550" width="3300" msid="92924792" hostid="261" sizebytes="898258"></div><p>"I don't think we're going to have record temperatures continue every day or every week through the summer. But I think what this suggests is that the conditions will be favorable to see at least rounds of well-above-normal temperatures at times through the summer," Marc Chenard, a meteorologist with the NWS, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-maps-extreme-heat-could-last-weeks-2022-6">previously told Insider</a>.</p><div type="image" title="sun sets behind power transmission lines" height="1584" width="2113" msid="92924793" hostid="261" sizebytes="114612"></div><p>Indeed, this week's temperatures come on the heels of an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-maps-extreme-heat-could-last-weeks-2022-6">exceptionally hot June</a>. Before summer even began, heat had shattered daily temperature records across the country, forced school closures, cost at least three human lives, and killed more than 2,000 cattle. The June heat wave, too, was remarkable for how long it lasted and how far it spread.</p><p>The US isn't alone in its heat-wave plague.</p><h2>Extreme heat has battered the planet all summer</h2><div type="image" title="map shows extreme heat in dark red colors across africa europe asia" height="1080" width="1080" msid="92924795" hostid="261" sizebytes="88010"></div><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/weather/western-europe-heat-wave-wildfires-intl/index.html">Europe</a> and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghai-issues-third-heatwave-red-alert-this-summer-2022-07-14/">China</a> are also experiencing their own record-breaking heat waves — again. Just like North America, those regions suffered through a sweltering June of record-high temperatures. North Africa, the Middle East, and other parts of Asia are facing record heat, too.</p><p>"This large area of extreme (and record breaking) heat is another clear indicator that emissions of greenhouse gases by human activity are causing weather extremes that impact our living conditions," Steven Pawson, chief of NASA's Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, said in a <a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150083/heatwaves-and-fires-scorch-europe-africa-and-asia">statement</a>.</p><p>As the high-pressure systems that trap heat rolled in and baked the land, fires also broke out in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and Tunisia.</p><div type="image" title="firefighter walks along road beside wildfire engulfing trees" height="1668" width="2223" msid="92924796" hostid="261" sizebytes="544292"></div><p>In Italy, the heat helped trigger the collapse of a portion of a glacier in the Dolomite mountains, leading to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/italy-glaciers-avalanches-climate-and-environment-8823c6a5fcbbe8735a1523ae0e3f495a">a glacier avalanche that killed 11 hikers</a>. Spain's Health Ministry said the heat there has <a href="https://elpais.com/sociedad/2022-07-15/los-tres-primeros-dias-de-ola-de-calor-dejan-decenas-de-muertes-en-espana-segun-un-primer-calculo-de-sanidad.html?ssm=TW_CM">killed 84 people</a> already in July, following a staggering 700 heat-related deaths in June.</p><div type="image" title="collapsed mountaintop glacier spilled out in snow avalanche" height="1666" width="2222" msid="92924799" hostid="261" sizebytes="675800"></div><p>On Friday, the UK declared a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-issues-red-alert-warning-over-soaring-temperatures-2022-07-15/">national extreme-heat warning</a> for the first time ever, in anticipation of temperatures exceeding 104 degrees Fahrenheit next week.</p><p>AccuWeather meteorologists <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/europe-heat-wave-could-be-worst-in-over-200-years/1216701">warned</a> on Wednesday that this could become Europe's worst heat wave in 200 years. It could last through the end of the month.</p><div type="image" title="people wait at bus station with umbrellas on a sunny day" height="1667" width="2500" msid="92924801" hostid="261" sizebytes="240994"></div><p>In China, the heat accompanied <a href="https://apnews.com/article/floods-china-shanghai-weather-heat-waves-4abf4c36226d2bc850f7a57069f8462a">deadly floods</a>, another extreme weather event that is becoming more common and more severe in many parts of the world as the climate changes.</p><p>In June, Japan experienced its <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61976937">worst heat wave</a> on record. India and Pakistan suffered a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/opinion/environment/heat-waves-india-pakistan-climate-change.html">100-day heat wave</a> earlier this year.</p><p>In the Northern Hemisphere, there are still two months left of summer.</p>

Extreme heat is straining Texas's power grid and fueling Yosemite fires. It's forecast to last 2 more weeks.

While day two of the first test between India and South Africa has been washed out, weather forecast at Centurion ground in Gauteng province of South Africa seems like the game is likely to resume today.<br /><br />However, data from The Weather Channel showed a 60% chance of rain, along with thunderstorms, on Thursday (December 30), which is the fifth and the final day of the test. <br />  <div type="image" title="twc" height="900" width="1200" msid="88535421" hostid="261"></div><br />Source: <a href="https://weather.com/en-IN/weather/tenday/l/3c852d2090a7d6a4f69bdbb44d465212e5519cc8c52fa09a93ec279905e9bd7d">The Weather Channel</a><br /><br />If the game were to be washed out or truncated on Thursday as well, it would mean there are three innings to finish in less than three days of the Test. <br /><br />India is batting first with a score of 272 with the fall of three wickets, that of Mayank Agarwal (60), Virat Kohli (35) and Cheteshwar Pujara for a golden duck. <keyword id="6355454" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kl-rahul" source="Orion">KL Rahul</keyword> is on the crease at the start of day three with an unbeaten 122 (his seventh Test century and the second one this year), along with Ajinkya Rahane at 40 not out.<br /><br />India’s batting prowess runs deep until Shardul Thakur and Ravichandran Ashwin, the in-form <keyword id="3142448" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rishabh-pant" source="Orion">Rishabh Pant</keyword>, who is yet to come in, is having his best year in Test cricket so far.<br /><table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Rishabh Pant’s Test record <br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2021<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Matches/Innings<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">12/19<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Total runs<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">736 (previous best year was 2018 with 537 runs)<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Fifties/Centuries<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">5/1<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Highest<br /><br /></td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">101 (against England in Motera in March 2021)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The South African bowling attack has been largely ineffective other than Lungi Ngidi who took al three wickets for the Proteas. <br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO: </strong><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/supriya-lifescience-paras-defence-indian-hotels-ongc-and-other-hot-stocks-to-watch-on-december-28/slidelist/88534823.cms">Supriya Lifescience, Paras Defence, Indian Hotels, ONGC, and other hot stocks to watch on December 28</a><br /><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/2021-indias-year-of-the-unicorn-and-its-many-high-points/slidelist/88528773.cms">India’s year of the unicorn and its many high points</a><br /><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/zycov-d-covid-19-vaccine-approved-for-teens-in-india-school-ids-accepted-for-verification/articleshow/88521331.cms">Things to keep in mind before taking your teen for ZyCov-D vaccination for Covid-19</a><br />

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