Unremitting downpours have battered the state and made inescapable harm yields, structures, and streets.
Chennai: Schools and universities in seven areas of Tamil Nadu, including state capital Chennai, will be shut tomorrow fully expecting weighty downpours. The India Meteorological Department estimates "exceptionally weighty" precipitation in Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari areas tomorrow and "weighty" precipitation in Ramanathapuram and Thoothukudi.
Many areas in the state got a break from downpours today in the midst of a "extremely weighty" downpour estimate. Chennai got up to 6.5 mm of downpour till 5:30 pm, Kanniyakumari 4 mm, Nagapattinam 17 mm, Thoothukudi 0.5 mm, Thiruchendur 11 mm, and Kodaikanal 15 mm.
Nonetheless, Cuddalore got 7 cm and Puducherry 6.6 cm of downpour.
A high alert for weighty precipitation was given for five locale of the state by the climate division two days prior, following which schools and universities were shut in 22 regions after a few regions were overflowed.
Perpetual downpours have battered the state and made inescapable harm yields, structures, and streets. It has additionally prompted waterlogging and flooding in a few regions till now.
Authorities are preparing for waterlogging, serious yield harms, evacuating of trees, harm to dairy cattle, and an expansion in water levels in the waterways and lakes following the substantial precipitation cautioning.
Crops spread over in excess of 50,000 hectares have been battered by weighty downpour in Tamil Nadu till now which got 68% more than the normal storm this rainstorm season.
In excess of 2,300 homes have been harmed because of the substantial downpour which has been beating the state since October. 66% of the state got overwhelmed as the downpour topped with two progressive spells in the second seven day stretch of November.
