Tamil Nadu continues to receive severe downpour and the state government has declared holidays for school as well as college students in at least 26 districts, including Chennai.
The decision was taken after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall likely in several districts on Saturday.
In Chennai and its suburbs, heavy to very heavy rain, thunderstorms, and lightning are expected in the next 48 hours, according to the IMD.
The IMD predicted that Chennai and its neighbouring districts including Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Karaikal likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Saturday, November 12.
An IMD bulletin said a well-marked low-pressure area “lies over southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of northeast Sri Lanka off Tamil Nadu coast with the associated cyclonic circulation extending up to upper tropospheric levels.”
It is very likely to move northwestwards towards the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coastline till November 12 morning. Wind speed is expected to be 40-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph along southern Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu Puducherry and Sri Lankan coasts, the Gulf of Mannar and adjoining Comorin area.
