3 Deaths After Heavy Rain In Tamil Nadu, Elements Of Chennai Waterlogged

Chennai rains: Waterlogging has led to site visitors congestion, inflicting hardship for commuters.

Chennai:

A purple alert has been issued for 4 Tamil Nadu districts in view of heavy rainfall within the state. Three individuals died in rain-related electrocutions in Tamil Nadu at this time after unprecedented torrential rains battered the state, state minister for income and catastrophe administration Ok. Ok. S. S. R. Ramachandran stated. Chennai, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, and Chinglepet are the districts the place a purple alert, which signifies heavy to extraordinarily heavy rains of over 20 cm in 24 hours, has been issued. 

As much as 17 cm of rains have flooded the capital metropolis Chennai as a cyclonic storm alongside the coasts triggered heavy rainfall. Waterlogging has led to site visitors congestion, inflicting hardship for commuters who had been unprepared for extreme rainfall. 

The climate division has forecast heavy rains tonight and average rainfall tomorrow. 

“Very heavy rainfall noticed over Chennai & neighbourhood and rainfall exercise prone to proceed over the area throughout subsequent 06 hours. 

Rainfall recorded from 0830-1945 IST of at this time (in mm). 
Chennai (MRC Nagar) – 198
Nungambakkam – 160,” the India Meteorological Division stated in a tweet.

Very heavy rainfall noticed over Chennai & neighbourhood and rainfall exercise prone to proceed over the area throughout subsequent 06 hours.

Rainfall recorded from 0830-1945 IST of at this time (in mm).
Chennai (MRC Nagar) – 198
Nungambakkam – 160@rajeevan61@airnewsalerts

— India Meteorological Division (@Indiametdept) December 30, 2021

Ranging from midday, most areas within the metropolis and suburbs started receiving rainfall and it was heavy to very heavy in a number of places.

In response to India Meteorological Division (IMD), the very best rainfall of 17.65 CM was recorded in MRC Nagar right here. It was 14.65 CM and 10 CM at Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam respectively.

In different areas, together with these falling underneath neighbouring Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts, the showers ranged from 1 CM (Madhavaram) to 10 CM (Nandanam). The rainfall knowledge was recorded between 8.30 AM and 6.15 PM at this time.

Remoted heavy to very rainfall exercise is prone to proceed over north coastal Tamil Nadu and adjoining areas of south coastal Andhra Pradesh in the course of the subsequent three days and reduce thereafter, the IMD stated.