Visuals show commuters clad in raincoats navigating roads filled with rainwater. Severe waterlogging was witnessed in Koyambedu area of Chennai after incessant rainfall.
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin conducted a survey of Narayanapuram lake banks and Ambedkar road canals on Monday as the state experienced heavy rainfall earlier.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin held review meeting with senior officials following heavy rainfall warning in Chennai and neighboring districts and gave necessary instructions.
IMD further warned of a thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and light to moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburb during next 3-4 hours.
Anticipating heavy rainfall in Chennai with the onset of the northeast monsoon in the next two days, residents living around Velachery park their cars on the Velachery flyover in an attempt to prevent any damage to their vehicles.
The Chief Minister also instructed the authorities to issue an advisory to allow employees of IT companies in these districts to work from home from October 15 to 18, an official release said.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that a low-pressure area formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal at 0530 hrs IST on October 14, 2024. It is likely to become well well-marked low-pressure area and move northwestwards towards north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining
The decline in the India's industrial production for August 2024 is mainly due to base effects and heavy rainfall, which impacted key sectors, highlighted a report by SBI.
The heavy rainfall affected the rescue operation at Kavarapettai accident spot, where train no. 12578 Mysuru-Darbhanga Express collided with stationery goods train on Friday evening.
Chennai Regional Meteorological Centre said on Thursday that rainfall over certain regions of Tamil Nadu is likely to continue for the week, and saying that there are "well marked low pressure areas" over the Arabian sea and cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal.