Floods triggered by incessant extremely heavy rains have battered the state’s southern districts, including Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and Kanyakumari.
Chennai: The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecasted heavy rainfall over isolated areas in Chennai, neighboring districts, and coastal regions of Tamil Nadu within the next 24 hours. According to the weather department's bulletin, there is an expectation of light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in several locations. Some districts may encounter heavy rainfall for the following five days until November 24., Chennai News, Times Now
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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.