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Schools Shut!
The Tamil Nadu government announced a holiday for schools in 23 districts due to the widespread heavy rainfall across the state. The overnight rainfall in Chennai has already put parts of the city underwater.
A holiday has been declared for schools and colleges in districts including Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Ramanathapuram, Tiruchi, Cuddalore, Pudukottai, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Kallakurichi. The schools and colleges of Chennai are also set to remain closed.
The India Meteorological Department said, "Isolated heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy rain at one or two places is likely to occur over Tiruvallur, Ranipet and Kancheepuram districts. Heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Chennai,
Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Vellore, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam districts, Puducherry and Karaikal."
As many as 879 drainage pumps have been deployed in low-lying areas of the city and 60 monitoring officers have been put in charge of the affected districts.
Over 2,000 relief personnel, both from the central and state disaster response forces, are on stand-by.
As per the information, Extremely heavy rainfall has been predicted in Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Ranipet districts. Chennai, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Kallakurichi and other districts in the delta region are bracing for heavy to very heavy rainfall.
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