Tamil Nadu rains: One dead, IMD sounds alert for seven days

Floods triggered by incessant extremely heavy rains have battered the state’s southern districts, including Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and Kanyakumari.

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· Dec 18, 2023 · 03:22 pm

Tamil Nadu rains: Schools and colleges shut in Chennai, two other districts

Chennai received 205.47 millimetres of rainfall between October 31 to November 2, state minister KN Nehru said.

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· Nov 02, 2022 · 07:11 pm

Tamil Nadu: Heavy rains likely to continue till Friday morning due to depression over Bay of Bengal

Parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported heavy rains since Thursday morning.

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· Nov 18, 2021 · 03:36 pm

Tamil Nadu: Heavy rains likely in Chennai, three other districts on Thursday, IMD issues red alert

The weather department noted that a low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal is likely to move westwards and reach Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

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· Nov 16, 2021 · 06:38 pm

Tamil Nadu: Schools in at least four districts closed following heavy rain

Many places in the state’s southern part are likely to receive moderate rainfall till Friday because of a weather system over the sea near Kanyakumari.

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· Oct 30, 2019 · 01:53 pm

Schools to remain shut on Tuesday as heavy rain lashes Chennai

More showers are predicted across Tamil Nadu over the next few days.

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· Oct 30, 2017 · 02:43 pm

Why daily-wage workers in Cuddalore are flagging down highway vehicles

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· Dec 11, 2015 · 11:04 am

'We can put it on Facebook but who will see it?' When rain-struck Kanchipuram villages were ignored

With road access cut off by heavy rains, two villages in Tamil Nadu's Kanchipuram villages were marooned for more than 20 days.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Dec 08, 2015 · 08:15 am