Tamil Nadu: IMD issued warning for next 3 hours due to heavy rainfall

All schools in Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai shut down today ...

Tamil Nadu, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a thunderstorm alert due to heavy rainfall for upcoming three hours.

All schools in Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai shut down today due to heavy rain in the region, as informed by the District Collector.

As per reports acording to Balachandran, the Director of the Chennai Regional Meteorology Department, there is a forecast for additional heavy showers in the Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts in the coming two to three days.

For over last 24 hours everal areas in these two districts received heavy rainfall. As many as 45 locations in the Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts recorded heavy rainfall (over the last 24 hours), 8 places recorded very heavy rainfall, and 2 recorded extremely heavy rainfall. Light to moderate rainfall is expected in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry over the next two to three days. However, heavy rainfall is forecast for the Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts over the next two to three days," he added.

In response to heavy rainfall and landslides in the area, the Indian Railways took the decision on Wednesday to temporarily halt train services on the Nilgiri Mountain Rail Route (NMR) between Coonoor and Mettupalayam.

Officials from the South Salem Division of the Railways reported that continuous wet weather resulted in a mudslide, obstructing the railway track at Hillguro, situated between Kallar and Runnimedu.

According to the Chennai Meteorological Department, there is a potential for the formation of a cyclonic circulation in the vicinity of the South Andaman Sea around the 25th of November.