Due to heavy rains, schools in Chennai, Ranipet, Tiruvallur, Vellore, Kanchipuram, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai and Chengalpattu were closed on November 2, except for Tiruppathar, where classes for students studying till class 8.
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Heavy rains lash parts of Tamil Nadu
Heavy rainfall lashed parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy rains will continue to lash the state till January 14. Very heavy rainfall has been reported at Atiramapattinam (13.5cm) of Tamil Nadu, Ariyalur (10 cm), Nagapattinam (8 cm) and Karaikal (6.3 cm) during 0830 hours IST of January 11 to 0530 hrs IST of January 12, the IMD tweeted.
According to the weather department, the spell of heavy rainfall is likely to continue tomorrow as well. After that, as the current easterly wave will weaken, there will be no heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu from January 14 onwards.