Heavy rains hit many parts of Chennai starting steadily from Wednesday night through Thursday. Heavy rains, which have exceeded 100mm in some parts of the city, are expected to continue steadily for the next three hours until 9am. Mylapore recorded 178mm and Redhills recorded 128mm and the rainfall recorded is the highest in 24 hours in Chennai since November 2017, said weather blogger Pradeep John. The rains intensified and this has caused waterlogging in places like Thiruvanmiyur, Egmore and Mylapore.
According to rainfall data released by the Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority, Mylapore crossed the 100mm mark by registering a rainfall of 178mm. Purasawalkam and Ambattur also approached the 100 mm mark, recording 94 mm and 90 mm precipitation respectively. Alandur recorded 78.50 mm of rain followed by Sholinganallur with 77.20 mm, Guindy 75.20 mm, Tondiarpet 67 mm, Permabur 56.10 mm, Egmore 54.80 mm and Ayanavaram with 53 mm of rain.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) tweeted: “According to the latest observations, the intense convective clouds present over Chennai and the adjacent areas of Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts have the potential to cause heavy rain for the next three hours (up to 9 pm) “.
Many places witnessed heavy rain starting at midnight, including Anna Nagar, T Nagar, Velachery, and Royapettah. Flooding has been recorded in Thiruvanmiyur, Egmore and Mylapore. Heavy rains have thrown normal life out of balance as many motorists were stranded due to waterlogging.
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Pradeep John said that Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur and Chennai will continue to receive steady rains for the next two days. Mornings are likely to see peak rainfall as a result of higher air circulation, he said. The meteorologist in his blog post said: “Not only does the dry line meet the wet line winds along with the start of the monsoon, but these types of rains are totally unpredictable, if we fall on the influx of the dry area, we will lose the rains and exactly over the convergent area, there will be heavy rains. “
On Wednesday, Deputy Director General of the Department of Meteorology, S Balachandran, said: “The southwest monsoon moved away from the Indian region paving the way for the start of the northeast monsoon in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.”
The Regional Meteorological Department (RMD) predicted light to moderate rainfall for the next 48 hours starting Wednesday. Cyclonic activities are likely to bring rains to Thirunelveli, Tenkasi and Virudhunagar districts.
Chennai and neighboring districts will have cloudy skies with moderate rainfall along with thunderstorms, said the RMD, Chennai.
A light to moderate rain alert has been issued to all districts of Tamil Nadu, while a heavy rain alert has been issued to Virudhunagar, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli districts.
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