Chennai and several parts of Tamil Nadu are yet to return to normalcy from a massive disruption caused by a historical rainfall and amid the relief and evacuation measures, several parts of the city are still boating on rainwater by bracing up the prediction of extremely heavy rainfall in the coming days. Chief Minister MK Stalin has on Tuesday continued his review in the city for the third consecutive day and he had instructed the officials to expedite the relief works and fix the damages. 

At least four persons died in the rain-related incidents in Chennai, Theni, and Madurai districts so far and 16 cattle had also died. The authorities had on Monday said that around 60 houses were damaged and a red alert with a warning of extremely heavy rainfall was spelt for Chennai and Tamil Nadu, particularly to the people who are living in low-lying areas. It has been predicted that Tamil Nadu would record extremely heavy rainfall on November 10 and 11 as the sequel of the low-pressure area which will be formed on November 9 on the Bay of Bengal and it will intensify on November 10 and 11 when it nears the eastern coast. 

The warning was also given to Puducherry and the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. The regional meteorological centre has advised fishermen not to venture into the sea for the next two days and said that the rainfall will drop gradually after November 11. The state government has been carrying out the measures to evacuate the people from the coastal areas and they have been sheltered in temporary residences while educational institutions and various establishments had declared a holiday in several districts in light of heavy rainfall. 

In its official bulletin, the meteorological department has said the cyclone circulation over the South Bay of Bengal and adjoining the South Andaman sea, extending up to 5.8 kilometres above the sea level, persists. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is very likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood during the next 24 hours. It is likely to move west-northwestward, concentrate into a depression and reach near north Tamil Nadu coast by November 11, early morning and bring widespread rainfall in several regions of the state. 

It has been reported that as many as 237 huts were partially damaged while 26 huts were devasted fully in Tamil Nadu. The government has said 37 districts received rainfall and the state average was 14.2 millimetres (1.42 cm) for the past 24 hours. So far since the start of the northeast monsoon last month, Tamil Nadu has recorded about 43% rainfall above normal. Besides carrying out relief works in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management KKSSR Ramachandran said that two teams of NDRF have been deployed to Madurai and one team each in Chengalpet and Tiruvallur. 

The minister further said that the teams from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed to the districts of Thanjavur and Cuddalore. Over 1,000 residents in Chennai have been sheltered in 48 relief camps and a total of 3,58,500 food pockets have been provided. Over 300 people have been evacuated from the districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Chengalpet, and Tiruvallur and they have been sheltered in ten camps and the government has also kept the teams of Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue services ready to address the imminent threat brought by heavy downpour and chilling weather. 

The 24x7 state control room has been installed in Chennai and in the affected districts and the people can reach the control room by dialling the toll-free numbers '1070' and '1077'. The residents can also get in touch with the authorities of Greater Chennai Corporation by using the 1913 toll-free number. The government has also conducted 200 special monsoon medical camps in Chennai in which 3,776 people had received medical assistance so far and the civic body has said that a total of 152 fever cases, 165 cases related to skin infections, and over 2,000 other cases were treated.