Heavy rainfall continued to lash several districts of Tamil Nadu on Monday due to cyclonic circulation and the likely formation of a low-pressure area over Eastcentral Arabian Sea around November 8. Till now, the unrelenting rainfall has resulted in flooding and waterlogging in districts including Erode and Tiruvannamalai. A video posted by ANI showed a house submerged in the downpour.
According to ANI, waterlogging witnessed in parts of Erode after heavy rainfall in the region.
Heavy rain lashes parts of Tiruvannamalai.
Further, India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted light to moderate rain in many places with thunderstorm and lightning at one
or two places over Tamilnadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area on Tuesday.
"Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places Nilgiris, Ghat areas of Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Karur, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamilnadu," it said.
The rainfall is caused due to the likely formation of a low-pressure area around November 8 (Wednesday). According to IMD, "Yesterday’s cyclonic circulation over north Tamil Nadu & neighbourhood now lies over Southeast Arabian Sea off Kerala coast between 3.1 & 5.8 km above mean sea level."
"It is likely to move west-northwestwards towards Southeast & adjoining Eastcentral Arabian Sea and under its influence, a Low Pressure Area is likely to form over Eastcentral Arabian Sea around 08th November, 2023," it said.
The IMD also said that a trough ran from Southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area to Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coast across Kerala, South Interior Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level.