PremiumChennai and several parts of Tamil Nadu received rain on Monday with the IMD forecasting more rainfall till 15 December
Schools in certain areas including in Tiruvallur and Uthukottai Taluks besides Kancheepuram district closed by 3 o clock on Monday based on IMD forecast of heavy rainfall till 13 December. Further the state has also informed that all schools will remain closed tomorrow.
“Due to the increase in rainfall and forecast for continuous rain, all schools in Tiruvallur district are instructed to close by 3 pm today. Also, a holiday has been declared for all the schools in the district for tomorrow, 13 December", District Collector, Thiruvallur informed.
Chennai and several parts of Tamil Nadu received rain on Monday with the IMD forecasting more rainfall till December 15 owing to a cyclonic circulation and low pressure area likely to form in the Bay of Bengal around December 13.
Tree branches that fell when Cyclone Mandous crossed the coast at Mamallapuram near here, are being cleared by the civic authorities.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over north interior Tamil Nadu and adjoining south interior Karnataka and north Kerala, a Low Pressure Area is likely to form over the same region around December 13.
It will move west-northwestwards away from the Indian coast thereafter. Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over Tamil Nadu today and over Kerala and Mahe and decrease in rainfall activity over the region thereafter, it said.
Squally weather with a wind velocity reaching 35-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph is very likely over southeast and adjoining east central Arabian Sea and along and off Kerala-Karnataka coast on Monday and Tuesday, the forecast said.
Fishermen have been advised not to venture into southeast and adjoining east central Arabian Sea and along and off Kerala-Karnataka coast on 12 and 13 December.
(With agency inputs)