Chennai Rains: Heavy Rains Flood Arterial Roads, Trees Uprooted As City Reports Inundation

Homes in some parts of the city have reported inundation and trees have been uprooted due to the rains.

Chennai: Heavy rains started to impound Chennai and surrounding districts from Saturday night bringing the city to halt. Independent weather blogger, Tamilnadu weatherman said, the rainfall was the heaviest in the year. 

Taking to social media, the weather blogger said, "Villivakkam recorded 162 mm, Nungambakkam recorded 145 mm and Puzhal recorded 111 mm of rainfall in the last spell."

As per data released by government, the Chennai DGP office experienced 226.80 mm of rainfall followed by Ambattur with 205 mm, Ayanavaram taluk with 184 mm, Nungambakkam with 158.90 mm and Anna University with 126.50 mm. The least rainfall was reported in Sholinganallur with rainfall of 52 mm.

As a result, homes in some parts of the city have reported inundation and trees have been uprooted due to the rains. Several arterial roads are flooded due to the heavy rains that started last night. 

According to the bulletin issued by India Meteorological Centre (IMD), "Thunderstorm with heavy to very heavy rain is likely to be experienced in one or two places over Chennai, Kanchipuram and Chengalpattu districts of Tamil Nadu in next three hours" 

The IMD forecast also suggested heavy to moderate rains with thunderstorms in Salem, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Ranipet, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Pudukottai, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Ramanathapuram, Krishnagiri, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore and Puducherry in next three hours.

Meanwhile, around 500 cusecs of water to be released from Chembarambakkam from 1.30 pm. Flood alert issued to people residing in the banks of the lake.

On the account of heavy rains, Tiruvallur Collector Alby John issued orders to release 500 cusecs of water to be released from Puzhal Lake from 11 am on Sunday.

Weather Radars Report Techincal Snag

Amidst rainfall and prediction of a low-pressure formation in the Bay of Bengal on November 9, the meteorological department is in fix with technical snags of radars functioning in Karaikal and Chennai. With the radars going offline, the stretch between Puducherry to Thoothukudi is completely a blind spot without any possibility for weather predictions, said a report on The New Indian Express.