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Tamil Nadu rains LIVE updates: Holiday for schools in Chennai and neighbouring districts

Authorities have declared holidays for schools and colleges in several regions, including Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Tiruvarur, in anticipation of heavy rains

Representational imae of a waterlogged street in Chennai | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan

Amid the prediction of rains in several parts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday (November 27, 2024), authorities have declared holidays for schools and colleges in several regions, including Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, and Tiruvarur, in anticipation of heavy rains.

Holiday was declared in Tiruchi, Pudukottai and Ariyalur as well.

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, on Tuesday (November 26, 2024) said that the depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has now intensified into a deep depression and that it is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm on Wednesday.

November 27, 2024 09:47

IMD issues flash floods warning

The IMD further stated that on Wednesday the Cuddalore and Mayiladuthurai districts of Tamil Nadu and the Karaikal area will experience heavy to very heavy rain at a few places, with extremely heavy rain at one or two places.

Isolated places over Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villuppuram, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, and Pudukkottai districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are also likely to witness heavy to very heavy rain, with heavy rain likely to occur at isolated places over Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Sivaganga, and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Rayalaseema, the IMD further stated.

The IMD had further issued flash flood warnings in the watersheds and neighbourhoods of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal.

Moderate to high flash flood threat likely to occur in Madurai, Perambalur, Salem, Teni, and Virudhunagar districts, with high flash flood risk in Karaikal, Puducherry, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kanchipuram, Kanyakumari, Karur, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nilgiri, Perambalur, Salem, Sivaganga, Teni, Thiruvarur, Tirunelveli, Tiruvallur, Tuticorin, Villupuram, and Virudhunagar districts.

· November 27, 2024 08:45

Deep depression 590km south-southeast of Chennai

The deep depression moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 13 kmph during the past six hours and lay over Southwest Bay of Bengal, about 130 km east-southeast of Trincomalee, 400 km southeast of Nagappattinam, 510 km southeast of Puducherry and 590 km south-southeast of Chennai.

It is very likely to continue to move north-northwestwards and intensify further into a cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours. It will continue to move north-northwestwards towards TN coast skirting Sri Lanka coast during subsequent two days.

November 27, 2024 08:17

Madras University postpones exams

The University of Madras has postponed exams scheduled for today.

“Due to heavy rain in Thiruvallur district, holiday had been declared to schools and colleges hence the University examinations scheduled to be conducted today (27/11/2024) has been postponed. The revised date will be informed later,” said the controller of examinations.

Exams scheduled for polytechnic colleges have been postponed as well, according to the Directorate of Technical Education

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