- The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), which had forecast the sea swell surges across the East and West coast, continued to caution coastal States to remain alert to the sea being rough with high waves and inundation of low-lying areas.
- Water gushed into the low-lying areas and surging of water is still being experienced. Significant damage has been reported in coastal establishments during these wave surges in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
- The wave surges and rough sea conditions associated with high-period swell waves are approaching from the distant southern Indian Ocean.
- Swell waves are surface gravity waves on the ocean which are not produced by the local wind and come in at a longer wavelength than waves produced by the local wind.
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