It has been dominated by reports of  a major cyclone Thane that lay centered on the the 29th December 2011 near latitude 12.30N and longitude 83.00E, about 300 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamilnadu) and 480 km north-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka). Earlier reports related to the cyclone Thane indicate predictions and cyclone warnings made by the IMD for the north of Tamil Nadu and the south Andhra Pradesh coast along with possibility of heavy rains and severe winds and warnings for fishermen to refrain from going into the sea.

Later reports indicate that Cyclone Thane has hit the landfall between the Union territory of Puducherry and neighbouring Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu at about 9 am leaving behind a trail of devastation followed by later reports of weakening of the cyclone activity and predictions of heavy rainfall over Kerala, south interior Karnataka and north interior Tamil Nadu

• Cyclone Thane, which means 'Eagle' in Myanmar hit landfall in Tamil Nadu at 9am on the 30th of December. 
• The very severe cyclonic storm THANE over southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-southwestward and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST, the 29th December 2011 near latitude 12.30N and longitude 83.00E
• Cyclone Thane took about three hours to cross coastal Tamil Nadu near Cuddalore and Puducherry: Villagers in the danger zone evacuated to cyclone shelters
• Cyclone fury: Cyclone Thane takes a heavy toll on the lives and livelihoods of people on the Tamil Nadu coast
• Latest bulletin from IMD: The depression over north Tamilnadu has weakened further into well marked low pressure area over north Kerala and neighbourhood at 0530 hours IST of the 31st December 2011