As sea water flooding the houses has become an annual phenomenon in many of these areas, residents refused to shift to temporary relief camps, demanding a lasting solution to their woes.
The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rain with isolated extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over Dakshina Kannada district of Coastal Karnataka.
The IMD has predicted heavy rainfalls in Tamil Nadu till December 15 owing to a cyclonic circulation and low-pressure area likely to form in the Bay of Bengal around December 13.