The weather will continue to be intense across South India, particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, due to the development of yet another low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, bringing heavy to very heavy rainfall to several regions.
The heavy rain spell is likely to continue till October 27. IMD has issued a yellow alert in Chennai and Madurai for heavy rainfall of 6-12 cm in 24 hours in the city and neighbouring districts over the next few days.
The city may receive moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning on Friday. The IMD has also forecast heavy rain across 26 districts, including Chennai and Tiruvallur. From October 24 to 26, the warning will extend to Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram.
IMD has issued orange alerts in Kanyakumari, Coimbatore, Nilgiris and Ghat areas of Tirunelveli district.
In the wake of heavy rains and flash floods in several regions, many districts have declared a school holiday on Friday.
Under the influence of the low-pressure area over the Comorin Area and adjoining South Tamil Nadu and Kerala, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal during October 22–26, and over Kerala during October 22–25.
For Tamil Nadu, heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places is predicted with thunderstorm & lightning with gusty wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph at one or two places is likely to occur over Kanyakumari, Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts.
Yellow alerts were also issued at isolated places over Erode, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Tenkasi, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Villuppuram, Tiruppur, Perambalur, Chennai, Tiruvallur districts, Puducherry and Karaikal area.
District administrations in Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, and Kallakurichi declared a holiday for educational institutions on October 23 following heavy rainfall.
Waterlogging has been reported in Chennai and several southern districts, flooding homes and farmland. Kanyakumari, Tenkasi and Madurai were among the worst-affected districts, with floodwaters entering several houses.
