Northeast monsoon’s first wet spell brings massive rainfall over north coastal Tamil Nadu
The Hindu
Chennai and neighbouring districts may see relief from extreme rainfall as depression moves towards north Tamil Nadu.
Chennai and its neighbouring districts may get a break from extreme rainfall on Wednesday (October 16, 2024) even as the depression continues to move towards north Tamil Nadu - south Andhra Pradesh coasts.
In its Nowcast till 10 a.m., the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast moderate rainfall likely in Chennai and surrounding districts, Ranipet and Vellore. Light or moderate rains are possible over Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram and Theni districts.
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The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has so far maintained the red alert for Chennai and its three neighbouring districts, indicating extremely heavy rainfall may occur in one or two places on Wednesday (October 16, 2024). Many other north interior and delta districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall till Thursday (October 17, 2024) morning.
The depression over southwest Bay of Bengal moved with a speed of 12 km per hour and lies about 360 km southeast of Chennai and 460 km southeast of Nellore on Wednesday (October 16, 2024). It is likely to move northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry and Nellore, close to Chennai on Thursday (October 17, 2024) morning.
Torrential rains pounded Chennai and its neighbouring districts. Those in the fringes had heavy rainfall. Cholavaram received an extremely heavy rainfall of 30.2 cm of rainfall till 6 a.m. on Wednesday (October 16, 2024). Red Hills and Avadi were among the other places that received intense rainfall of 28 cm and 26 cm respectively till 6 a.m.
The Northeast monsoon’ s first rain spell has flooded many areas. According to RMC Chennai, several weather stations received a very heavy rainfall above 12 cm till 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday (October 16, 2024). Among them are Ennore port (17 cm), Puzhal (18 cm), Villivakkam (16 cm), Anna University (15 cm), Nungambakkam (14 cm),YMCA Nandanam (13 cm) and Meenambakkam (12 cm).
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