In today's edition of the Tamil Nadu Brief, NDTV's Sam Daniel brings up to speed on the cyclone scare. Although earlier the MET had forecast extremely heavy rainfall in the delta region late in the evening it downgraded the red alert to orange. The deep depression is likely to intensify into a cyclone on Thursday. A car driven by a college student mowed down and killed five women near Mamallapuram. And a treasure hunt for French Teachers in Puducherry brings excitement.