Chennai, nearby districts get respite from rain; RMC forecasts showers to continue
The Hindu
Chennai and neighbouring districts on red alert for heavy rainfall till Thursday due to approaching depression.
Chennai and its neighbouring districts got a respite from extreme rainfall for most of Wednesday.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), in its bulletin issued at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday, downgraded the red alert issued for Chennai and its surroundings to orange alert.
The northeast monsoon’s first spell pounded Chennai and its neighbouring districts. Cholavaram received extremely heavy rainfall of 30 cm till 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Red Hills and Avadi, among others, received intense rain of 28 cm and 25 cm respectively. While heavy rainfall is likely in northern parts of the State on Thursday, Chennai and its surroundings may receive light to moderate rain.
The depression over the Bay of Bengal moved at 17 kmph, and lay about 190 km southeast of Chennai and 270 km southeast of Nellore on Wednesday.
It is likely to cross the north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry and Nellore, close to north of Chennai, in the early hours of Thursday.
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