Chennai Rainfall News Today

According to IMD, light to moderate rainfall is likely across Kerala, Mahe, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal and Lakshadweep in the next few days. | Latest News India

The residents claimed that no member of the legislative assembly or local councillors have visited them to offer any help.

Cyclone Michaung Live Tracking Today News: As the Cyclone Michaung made landfall in Andhra Pradesh between Nellore and Kavali on Tuesday, incessant rains lashed Tamil Nadu’s Chennai taking the death toll in rain-related incidents to 17 .

Cyclone Michaung has claimed at least eight lives in Chennai and several roads of the city remain waterlogged after Mondays heavy rains. The cyclonic storm, meanwhile, has made landfall near Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh.

6 districts, including Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur and Pudukkotai, are expected to receive heavy rainfall today.

Anticipating heavy rainfall, the Tamil Nadu government has declared a holiday for schools in Chennai, Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram districts will also remain closed. Schools and colleges in Thiruvallur district will also remain closed.

Rescue teams working round the clock to clear the trees; holiday for schools today; highest rainfall recorded in Avalanche and Upper Bhavani.

The IMD had said that the low depression formed over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining East equatorial Indian Ocean, has caused heavy rainfall at isolated places

IMD has put Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh on high alert and asked residents to brace for heavy rain

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rainfall for Chennai in the month of May as the temperature rises. Tamil Nadu is also expected to receive isolated rainfall with thunderstorms with gusty winds.