Tamil Nadu rains: Rain along with thunderstorms and lightning is likely in Chennai and five other districts in Tamil Nadu on Friday as indicated by Met Department,
Tamil Nadu faces water logging and traffic disruption as heavy rainfall continues; Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, and Chengelpet districts severely affected.
While the cyclone is expected to move northward from the Southeast Bay of Bengal towards the Central Bay of Bengal, IMD has not yet specified its path and intensity.
IMD weather update: The deep depression over the southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify gradually into a cyclonic storm and reach the southwest Bay of Bengal, north Tamil Nadu Puducherry, and adjoining South Andhra Pradesh coast by Thursday morning.