Heavy rain continued to lash Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, bringing residential neighborhoods and roads under knee-deep water and leading to traffic congestion besides affecting public transport services.
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
A 9-year-old girl allegedly died while his brother was left injured after a wall of a house fell on them in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvarur district, police said, adding that the house collapse was triggered by heavy rains.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that the state government has taken all possible precautions and measures for the welfare of the people in the wake of the situation.
According to IMD, a cyclonic circulation that was over the Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal off the south Sri Lanka coast now lies over the Comorin area and neighbourhood.
A bus was damaged as a tree fell on it due to a landslide in Burliyar between Mettupalayam and Coonoor in Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, after heavy rainfall in the region on Thursday.
Karur district has been receiving widespread moderate rainfall for the past two days. Since Saturday morning, moderate rainfall has lashed various places across Karur and heavy rainfall has been experienced at some places. It continued to rain even at night.
Schools and colleges to remain closed in Chennai, Ranipet and Thiruvallur due to excessive rainfall in the region and schools will remain closed in Vellore, Kanjipuram, Vilupuram and Chengalpattu.