With the heaviest downpour since 2015 drowning Chennai, the state government has taken emergency measures which include calling in the National Disaster Response Force and the closure of schools and colleges in four districts for the next two days.
Heavy rainfall has battered 4 Tamil Nadu districts including Chennai, which recorded 21 cm of rainfall till 8:30 am on November 7. With continuous rains through the night, several of the capital city’s low-lying areas have been flooded.
The meteorological department predicts spells of heavy to very heavy rainfall in isolated patches of the coastal northern regions of Tamil Nadu till Wednesday. The bout of rain is due to cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal.
Chennai is expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Monday, November 8.
