Tamil Nadu submerged in water after heavy rains- In pics

In Chennai, 653 people have been housed in six relief centres and 825 packs of food were distributed to them today, an official release here said. (Image credit: PTI)

 

The weather office said the forecast for coastal areas include Chennai and the neighbouring Union territory of Puducherry and the 'red shade' for such regions indicates the possibility of 'only excess rainfall.' (Image credit: ANI)

An IMD bulletin pointed to scattered to broken, low and medium clouds with embedded intense to very intense convection over the central Bay of Bengal, the adjoining south Bay of Bengal and south Andaman sea.

A low-pressure area is likely to form over the South Andaman sea around November 29. "It is likely to become more marked and move west-northwestwards during subsequent 48 hours," the bulletin said. (Image credit: ANI)

From October 1 and till November 27, the state received about 60.33 CM rainfall as against the usual 34.57 CM for this period, which is 75 per cent in excess, said Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, KKSSR Ramachandran. (Image credit: ANI)

"In the past 24 hours, three people, one each in Ariyalur, Tirunelveli, and Tirupur districts have died in rain-related incidents and in total, about 273 houses have witnessed damage," a government release said. (Image credit: ANI)

Flood water is being drained here in as many as 220 water-logged areas using heavy-duty motor pumps and fallen trees have been removed. Also, nearly 1,000 heavy-duty pumps and 46 excavators have been kept ready for use, authorities said. (Image credit: ANI)