Heavy rainfall causes massive traffic jam in Chennai; 3 dead, red alert in 4 TN districts
The red alert has been issued for Chennai, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, and Chinglepet.
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday issued a red alert in four districts as heavy rains lashed the state. State Revenue and Disaster Management Minister KKSSR Ramachandran said 3 people have died due to electrocution.
The red alert has been issued for Chennai, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, and Chinglepet.
27 cases of tree fall have been reported in Chennai. More than 145 pumps are running to clear the waterlogging caused by heavy rainfall in the city: Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi https://t.co/SYxKiK7nAF
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2021
Heavy to very heavy rains pounded Chennai and the suburbs, inundating roads and subways, and the intense spell may turn out to be one of the heaviest witnessed in recent years.
Starting from noon, most areas in the city and suburbs began receiving rainfall and it was heavy to very heavy in several locations.
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Heavy rainfall causes traffic jam at Chennai’s Mount Road
Chennai metro says it has announced to extend service timing by an hour till 12 midnight to enable passengers to reach their homes safely pic.twitter.com/1AJCWQ8lSy
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2021
According to India Meterological Department (IMD), the highest rainfall of 17.65 CM was recorded in MRC Nagar. It was 14.65 CM and 10 CM at Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam respectively.
In other areas, including those falling under neighbouring Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts, the showers ranged from 1 CM (Madhavaram) to 10 CM (Nandanam). The rainfall data was recorded between 8.30 AM and 6.15 PM today.
Isolated heavy to very rainfall activity is likely to continue over north coastal Tamil Nadu and adjoining areas of south coastal Andhra Pradesh during next three days and decrease thereafter, the IMD said.
Weather enthusiasts made claims in the social media vis-a-vis the intensity of rains and on showers beating previous records. One such claim said Thursday’s rains in Chennai was the heaviest for a single day in the month of December after 2015. IMD officials here, however, did not confirm such claims.
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More clouds blooming off Chennai coast and looks like rains wont stop anytime soon. Go home safe, avoid T.Nagar, Alwarpet, Royapettah, Nunga & surrounding areas. pic.twitter.com/SOmwY1Lbhf
— Pradeep John (Tamil Nadu Weatherman) (@praddy06) December 30, 2021
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