According to IMD, heavy rain exceeding 15 mm per hour, along with moderate thunderstorms and maximum surface wind speeds of 41 to 61 kmph in gusts, is very likely to occur in Amreli, Gir Somnath, and Diu districts.
The disaster management teams in Odisha are on high alert due to a brewing cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, which is forecast to bring heavy rainfall to the state from October 27.
Himachal Pradesh Public Works (PWD) and Urban Development Minister Vikramaditya Singh, on Friday, addressed the media in Shimla, emphasising that the Himachal Pradesh government is making every possible effort to restore the extensive damage caused by this monsoon's heavy rains.
Several parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal experienced widespread moderate to heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours, with intense showers recorded in northern and southern districts, the Meteorological Department said on Friday.
Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district was lashed with heavy rains, receiving seven cm of rainfall in the last 24 hours, and the administration is on a high alert, an official said.
The system, which moved northwestward from off the north coast of Sri Lanka, was centred near the Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday morning. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it is likely to intensify into a depression over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of
Due to the heavy rain warning, all schools in the Chennai district will remain closed, as announced by Chennai District Collector Rashmi Siddharth Jagade, IAS, on Tuesday.
In view of the heavy rainfall, Nellore District Collector Himanshu Shukla has directed the Revenue and Police departments to remain fully alert. The Collector conducted a video conference with officials and instructed them to be completely prepared to handle any situation arising from the
Furthermore, he assured that the BJP will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Tamil Nadu government, providing full support and actively participating in fieldwork for all measures taken to protect the welfare of the people.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has issued orange and yellow alerts for various parts of the State for the next four days, as weather systems over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea continue to feed moisture into the region.
The India Meteorological Department has predicted an extremely heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday and Wednesday and advised fishermen not to venture into the sea from October 21st to 25th.