Red alert in four south Tamil Nadu districts today
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall at one or two places in Kanniyakumari, Theni, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi for Monday and Tuesday.
The forecast also said heavy to very heavy rain is likely at isolated places in Virudhunagar, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Nilgiris and Dindigul during the same period.
The met department bulletin stated, on Monday, heavy rainfall may lash parts of Ramanathapuram, Madurai, Sivaganga, Thoothukudi, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchy and Pudukkottai.
On Tuesday, the above-mentioned districts along with Villupuram and Kallakurichi might receive heavy rainfall.
As on Sunday, the southwest monsoon has progressed into parts of the Maldives, the Comorin area, south Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Islands and south Andaman sea.
A low pressure area is likely to form over southwest Bay of Bengal around May 22 and concentrate into a depression over central Bay of Bengal around May 24.