Chennai Rains LIVE Updates: After heavy downpour, water released from city dams

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On Friday, light to moderate rain is expected at various places with isolated thunderstorms and lightning likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal. Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Theni, Dindigul, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari.

Perambur, Chennai Collectorate and Avadi received 17 cm of rain, Kattukuppam, Ponneri 16cm, Red Hills, Gummidipoondi 14cm, Sholinganallur, Cheyyur, MGR Nagar, Ambathur, Nungambakkam, Ayanavaram, Villivakkam 13cm, Anna University 12cm, Thirupporur, DGP Office , Srivilliputhur 11cm, Chennai Airport 10cm, Pallikaranai, Chembarabakkam, Sriperumbudur, , Tondaiyarpet, Thamaraipakkam, Nandanam ARG 9cm, ACS College 8cm , Koratur 8cm, Mamallapuram , Tiruvallur 7cm, Poonamallee, Poondi, Chengalpet, Maduranthagam, Chetpet, Kancheepuram 5 cm, Arakonam, Puzhal, Chembarambakkam 4cm, Tambaram, Nagapattinam (dist Nagapattinam), Rajapalayam (dist Virudhunagar), Tuticorin (dist Toothukudi), Srivaikuntam 3cm and Taramani 1cm.

On Thursday it is forecast that light to moderate rain at many places with isolated thunderstorm and lightning is likely to occur over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area. Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore and Mayiladuthurai districts of Tamil Nadu and Karaikal area.

The city received good rain overnight in the core areas and the suburbs. The rain will be moderate in the day today. Heavy rain was recorded in the following areas: Nungambakkam 12.6 cm, Meenambakkam 10cm, Villivakam 12.5cm, Nandanam 8.7cm, Chembarabakkam and Anna University received 4cm.

According to the Met forecast, heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Theni and Tenkasi districts of Tamil Nadu and Karaikal area. (PTI)

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The rain that lashed the city for most part of Tuesday is likely to continue for two more days, but with reduced intensity. A met department forecast said Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpet districts are likely to experience thunderstorms with moderate rain in some areas. No heavy rain warning has been issued.

A 45-year-old woman died in a building collapse and a 55-year-old man was electrocuted to death since the rain started lashing in the city on Monday evening. K Santhi of Prakash Rao Colony in Pulianthope, who was running a vegetable shop in the locality, went to fetch water from a hand pump near her rented house around 8am on Tuesday. As she was pumping water, a portion of the sunshade of the house collapsed on her. The woman sustained a severe head injury. Her family members and neighbours rescued her from the debris and rushed her to a private hospital where doctors examined her and declared her brought dead.

The first-day firstshow of this year’s monsoon was intense as expected, but the city’s newly built stormwater drains and other infrastructure stood up to the nearly 24-hour intermittent spells. By Tuesday, the city and its suburbs received 10-13cm rainfall, bringing at least 50 locations under water, inundating two underpasses and causing treefalls at 35 locations. Last year, however, 167 locations were waterlogged at the end of the first-day spells, prompting the Greater Chennai Corporation to deploy about 1,200 motor pumps. On Tuesday, the civic body had to press only 156 pumps into service.