Chennai Rain Updates: Three Dead, City Records 8.4 cm Rainfall 3rd Time in 72 Years; Schools Shut

With the arrival of the northeast monsoon season on October 29 in southern India, several areas of Tamil Nadu have been witnessing rain followed by thunderstorms.

The regional met department has warned of heavy rain in Chennai and the adjoining districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalapattu till Wednesday. Meanwhile, schools in Chennai and adjoining districts have been declared shut on Tuesday.

Latest updates:

• The Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai said that the city recorded 8.4 cm rainfall on Tuesday, only for the third time in the last 24 years.

• Three people died in rain-related incidents in Chennai, as per Times of India. While two men were electrocuted in stagnated water on Monday night, a woman died on Tuesday after a portion of a balcony fell on her.

• The Regional Meteorological Centre Chennai has shared a seven-day forecast for Chennai. The city is likely to witness light to moderate rainfall throughout the week.

• Several areas in Chennai faced waterlogging after heavy showers on Monday.

• Schools in Chennai and neighbouring districts of Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu have been declared shut for Tuesday.

• Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai on Tuesday morning at 5:00 am predicted moderate rain with thunderstorm and lightning over Thiruvallur, Chennai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam and Thiruvarur, districts of Tamil Nadu  and Karaikal area during the next three hours.

“Thunderstorm & lightning with light to moderate rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Pudukottai, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Thenkasi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next three hours,” it further said.

• A yellow alert has been issued for Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur on Monday evening, where heavy to very heavy rain are predicted for the next two days.

• Stormwater drain work is yet to be completed in several areas around Chennai, Erode, Salem, and Kancheepuram, leading to waterlogging and inundation in several areas, as per IANS.

• Rains are likely to continue in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next five days due to the presence of a low atmospheric circulation in the Southwest Bay of Bengal along the North Sri Lankan coast and the onset of northeast monsoon rains as per the Chennai Meteorological Center.

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