While the rainfall in Kanyakumari district had decreased for the past two days, on Monday afternoon, heavy rainfall accompanied by thundershowers occurred across the district, including Thuckalay, Thiruvattar, Kulasekaram, Marthandam, and Nagercoil, which led to the flooding of the canals.
Rainwater entered several houses in the residential areas. The day-to-day lives of many families were disrupted as they were shifted from the waterlogged parts to safer zones.
"As a precautionary measure for the Northeast Monsoon and due to heavy rainfall for the past few days in Tamil Nadu, rubber boats, life jackets, and woodcutters are also kept ready, " said the official.
At least six people sustained injuries when the roof of a petrol pump collapsed on them at Saidapet in Chennai on Friday during heavy rainfall in the area, said police.
The farmers at the mandi tried hard to save their garlic from water but due to the heavy rain, the garlic started flowing. It rained heavily for about an hour on Friday evening.
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Saturday said that the state government is monitoring the situation after Nagpur's Ambajhari Dam overflowed following heavy rainfall in several parts of Nagpur.
A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Saturday evacuated as many as six people stranded in the Ambajhari Lake area following heavy rainfall in parts of Nagpur city in Maharashtra.