India's southern Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states on Sunday (November 30) witnessed heavy rainfall, as Cyclone Ditwah approaches after sweeping through Sri Lanka.

Authorities directed fishermen to not venture into the sea, amid high tide and gusty winds.

An India Meteorological Department official said that 'extremely heavy rainfall' will fall in the northern Tamil Nadu coastal belt, as well as in the coastal southern Andhra Pradesh area.

Meanwhile, rescue personnel were on high alert with additional teams being deployed in flood-prone districts, said another official.

Ditwah had killed at least 153 people in neighbouring Sri Lanka earlier, authorities said, with 191 others missing and more than half a million affected nationwide.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (ANI - No use India)

1. VARIOUS OF FISHING BOATS DOCKED

2. SEA WAVES CRASHING ON BEACH

3. VARIOUS OF FISHING BOATS DOCKED

4. FISHING BOATS DOCKED/CLOSED SHACKS

5. TREES SWAYING AMID GUSTY WINDS

6. VEHICLES MOVING AMID WINDS

7. LARGE UMBRELLA FLUTTERING AMID WINDS

NAGAPATTINAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (ANI - No use India)

8. VARIOUS OF RAIN FALLING

9. TREES SWAYING

10. WOMAN CARRYING UMBRELLA WALKING AMID RAIN

11. VEHICLES MOVING AMID RAIN

NAGAPATTINAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (ANI - No use India) (MUTE)

12. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS SHOWING FISHING BOATS DOCKED

NEW DELHI, INDIA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (ANI - No use India)

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SENIOR SCIENTIST, INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, ANANDA KUMAR DAS, SAYING:

"Today (Sunday) as well as tomorrow (Monday), it (Cyclone Ditwah) will be impacting north Tamil Nadu as well as south Andhra Pradesh. There are strong winds, now it is between 70-80 kmph, gusting to 90 kmph. Gradually, it will decrease, after some time, it will become 60-70 kmph. By evening, there will be squally winds, between 50-60 kmph. But thereafter, it will be there will be rainfall, extremely heavy rainfall will be there in northern Tamil Nadu coastal belt and heavy to very heavy rainfall will be there also, in southern coastal AP (Andhra Pradesh) area."

NELLORE, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (ANI - No use India)

14. RESCUE PERSONNEL ASSEMBLED AHEAD OF OPERATION

15. OFFICIAL BRIEFING PERSONNEL

16. NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE VEHICLE

17. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) ASSISTANT COMMANDER, NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE, PAVAN (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

"A team from National Disaster Response Force's 10th Battalion has been stationed in Nellore as a precautionary measure, because of Cyclone Ditwah, which started from the Bay of Bengal. This team has 30 rescuers in total. We have four female personnel in our team, who are trained in rescue operations involving women and children."

PUDUCHERRY, INDIA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (ANI - No use India)

18. STATUE OF INDIAN FREEDOM HERO MAHATMA GANDHI

19. VARIOUS OF SEA WAVES GUSHING

20. CARGO SHIP IN SEA

21. PEOPLE STANDING ALONG SHORE