In the wake of an unabated downpour, the scale of rainfall that was recorded in some areas of these districts was as double as to what Chennai and its neighbours recorded earlier this month during the landfall of Cyclone Michaung.
The shocking incident has happened in Pulianthope in the outskirts of the city and after it triggered an outcry, the government reacted by suspending the staff behind that incident.
The regional centre of IMD in Chennai had given a staunch instruction to the people not to venture out of the homes on December 4 and 5 unless there is an emergency.
The arrested officer has been identified as Ankit Tiwari and he was arrested on the Dindigul - Madurai highway in Tamil Nadu after the officials seized Rs 20 lakh from his car.
ED has been under scrutiny for several months for being a lapdog of the Modi regime in targeting the opposition leaders and the dissenters of the government.
The disturbing scale of rainfall has come days ahead of Cyclone Michaung, which will make a landfall on the northern districts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, during the first week of December.
MIOT hospital issued an official statement stating that Vijayakanth's health condition has been unstable due to which he was put under pulmonary treatment and ventilator support.
It has been reported that the brewing system over the Bay of Bengal would intensify into a depression and would eventually become a cyclone by December 2.
