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At least 12 people died due to heavy rains in TN: Fresh warning for Chennai!

By alagu, 10 November, 2021
Heavy rains, Chennai, Tamilnadu

The historical rainfall in Chennai and several parts of Tamil Nadu from the northeast monsoon had poured adverse impacts and disruptions. The heavy and incessant downpour for the past few days had inundated several parts of the state and while the relief and evacuation efforts are being deployed to the affected and vulnerable areas, Tamil Nadu has been bracing up bad news that besides damaging the properties, the heavy rainfall had killed many across the state. 

On Wednesday - November 10, Tami Nadu Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, KKSSR Ramachandran has said that the death toll due to heavy rainfall in the state stands at 12 so far. "As of now, 11 teams of NDRF and 7 teams of Tamil Nadu State Disaster Response Force are deployed." The rainfall had also killed several cattle across the state and several people had injured due to the debris. The lives in most parts are yet to return to normalcy and the state government had expedited the relief works and kept more teams ready to address the calamity. 

Chennai has been issued with a red alert warning and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that Chennai will witness thunderstorms with heavy to very heavy rains in the city on November 11, Thursday while several parts of the city had recorded rainfall on November 10. According to reports, the IMD had predicted that sky condition in Chennai will be generally cloudy on November 11 and thunderstorms with heavy to very heavy rains will occur at isolated places. In a bulletin, IMD has said that the maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 26 degree Celcius and 24 degree Celsius respectively.

Besides Chennai, the IMD had also predicted thunderstorms with extremely heavy rain at isolated places over delta districts - Villupuram, Cuddalore, Pudukottai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Karaikal, and Puducherry and over some southern districts. The department has said in its bulletin that, "Thunderstorm with heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at a few places over Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Virudhunagar, Ariyalur, Madurai, Perambalur, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and Chengalpattu districts. 

On the morning hours of Wednesday, IMD has said that the low-pressure area on the Bay of Bengal would form into a depression over southwest Bay of Bengal during the next 12 hours, move west-northwestward and reach near north Tamil Nadu coast by the early morning of November 11. Thereafter, it is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coast between Karaikal and Sriharikota around Cuddalore by the evening of November 11. 

While bracing up for very heavy rains on November 11, a fresh warning has been issued for Chennai on Wednesday that a new low-pressure area is likely to form over the Andaman Sea and its neighbourhood on November 13. The IMD has said, "A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over south Andaman Sea and neighbourhood around 13th Nov. It is likely to move west northwestwards and become more marked during subsequent 48 hours." According to the meteorological department, the system may head towards Andhra Pradesh and reach the coast around November 17, during which it is predicted that Chennai would receive a rainfall. 

 

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