IMD forecasts heavy to very heavy rain for next 24 hours
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its bulletin said the low pressure area over Southwest Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka coast persists and that it is likely to become more marked during next 24 hours.
It is very likely to move northwestwards towards Tamilnadu-Puducherry coasts till the morning of November 12.
The IMD forecast heavy to very heavy rain over several parts of the state for the next three days.
The India Meteorological Department has said, “Isolated heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy rain at one or two places is likely to occur over Tiruvallur, Ranipet and Kancheepuram districts. Heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Chennai,
Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Vellore, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam districts, Puducherry and Karaikal.”
“Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Tiruppur, Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts of Tamilnadu,” it said.