Chennai rains today: Tamil Nadu districts to witness heavy downpours, is it a school holiday today?
Heavy rainfall alerts have been issued by the IMD for Tamil Nadu districts today, November 15. Chennai is likely to see moderate rain, with schools remaining operational. However, closures for Guru Nanak Jayanti may occur. Temperatures are expected to range from 25-33°C.
Chennai rains today: The India Meteorological Department has issued an alert for heavy rainfall in several Tamil Nadu districts today, Friday, November 15. The state has received heavy rainfall over the past few days due to a weather system over the Bay of Bengal.
Chennai is likely to witness moderate rainfall today, Friday. The state capital declared a school holiday on Monday due to an IMD alert. However, schools will remain functional on Friday as the city is not a part of the list of Tamil Nadu districts under IMD alert. However, a few schools will remain closed on Friday on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti.
Chennai weather today
According to Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai, the city is likely to witness moderate rain with thunderstorm and lightning in some areas. Moderate to heavy rains are expected in a few parts of Chennai today. The city's maximum temperature is likely to remain around 32-33 degree Celsius. Whereas, minimum temperature is likely to remain around 25-26 degree Celsius.
Tamil Nadu weather update
There has been a gradual decline in the number of Tamil Nadu districts kept on alert on Friday due to a reduction in impact of the active weather system over the Bay of Bengal. According to latest IMD's weather update, heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places over Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai & Cuddalore districts of Tamilnadu and Karaikal area.
Rainfall occurred at a few places over Tamil Nadu and over Puducherry & Karaikal area on Thursday. No heavy rainfall was recorded in Chennai on Thursday. However, rainfall above 60 mm was witnessed in Vedaranyam, Ambasamudram, Tirunelveli, Nagapattinam, according to tnsmart. As per IMD, Chennai has received nearly 13.6 mm rainfall on Thursday.
Earlier in the week Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin had expressed preparedness of the state in dealing with any kind of adverse situation due to heavy rainfall.
“Based on the study of the impact of rains in October, we have increased the number of motor pumps and volunteers. We have 1194 motor pumps,152 super sucker machines. Placement of motors and machines has been increased by 21 per cent compared to October. The Tamil Nadu government is fully prepared for the rains,” HT quoted Udhayanidhi Stalin as saying earlier.
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First Published:15 Nov 2024, 07:31 AM IST
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