Heavy Rainfall Claims 4 Lives In Tamil Nadu, IMD Issues orange Alert

Mumbai: Four persons were killed in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai, Theni and Madurai districts and over 60 houses suffered damages in the past 24 hours in rain-related incidents, authorities said.

Apart from this, as per the IMD forecast, widespread light to moderate rainfall is very likely over Kerala, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu during the next five days.

Meanwhile, in Chennai and its suburbs, a section of subways was closed on Monday and traffic diversions were imposed, causing inconvenience to commuters, while municipal staff worked to clear silt and drains. S

Here are the latest developments:

• The IMD has issued an orange alert for 14 districts, including Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Theni, Tenkasi and Tirunelveli.
• In a bulletin on Monday, the weather department has warned of a cyclonic circulation over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining the south Andaman sea. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is very likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood during the next 24 hours, the IMD said.
• For the second consecutive day on Monday, chief minister MK Stalin inspected rain-affected areas and distributed flood relief assistance.
• Fishermen have been advised to not venture into sea between November 9 and 12.
• Southern Railway said due to rains and water-logging, the ‘Sunday pattern’ (minimal services) would be in force on November 9 in Chennai suburban train services in Central-Arakkonam, Central-Sullurpeta (Andhra Pradesh), Beach-Chengelpet and Beach-Velachery sections.
• To clear water-logging and inundation of subways, Greater Chennai Corporation has deployed 23,000 personnel. Stalin has appointed 15 IAS officials to monitor relief work in 15 corporation zones.
• The heavy rainfall led to disruption in bus services on several routes. The metro train services were not affected.
• National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) chief SN Pradhan has said that more than 20 teams will be deployed in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by Tuesday in the wake of a heavy rain alert. Pradhan said the NDRF’s focus is to avoid situations similar to the “urban flooding that took place in 2015-2016 (in Chennai)”.
• Since the start of the northeast monsoon last month, Tamil Nadu has recorded about 43 per cent above normal rainfall.
• The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Karnataka, denoting heavy rainfall, in 13 districts till Tuesday. According to the IMD statement, heavy rain will be caused by the cyclonic depression.

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