Heavy rain lashes Chennai
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 30, 2017, 18:48:20 IST
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Heavy rain lashes Chennai

It's a rainy Monday in Chennai. The northeast monsoon, which set in over Tamil Nadu last week brought in the first widespread spell of rains in the city. Stay tuned with TOI for live updates.
18:48 (IST) Oct 30

Schools in Chennai to be closed on Tuesday due to heavy rains that lashed the city on Monday

Chennai district collector

17:05 (IST) Oct 30
Several schools in Chennai were closed an hour early on Monday -- by 2pm -- due to heavy rain. The education department made the announcement on Monday afternoon asking all schools in Chennai district to close early.
14:43 (IST) Oct 30
Rain did not disrupt flight operations at Chennai airport. A few arrivals and departures were delayed briefly.
14:13 (IST) Oct 30
The IMD has predicted that a few interior districts are also likely to get heavy to very heavy rain over the next 24 hours.
13:40 (IST) Oct 30
The Indian Meteorological Department on Monday forecast heavy or very heavy rainfall in Chennai and eight other coastal districts over the next 24 hours.
13:29 (IST) Oct 30
The IMD has predicted that the city and the rest of the state will continue to get rainfall for the next five days (until Friday).
13:29 (IST) Oct 30
Traffic snarls reported at major roads including Anna Salai, EVR Periyar Salai, Santhome high road, LB Road Adyar.
13:11 (IST) Oct 30
Locals struggle through a waterlogged road in Chennai.
Locals struggle through a waterlogged road in Chennai.
13:08 (IST) Oct 30
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <p dir="ltr" lang="et"> Northeast monsoon lash Chennai <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChennaiRains?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#ChennaiRains</a> <a href="https://t.co/lg1gOTJZ5W">pic.twitter.com/lg1gOTJZ5W</a></p> &mdash; TOI Cities (@TOICitiesNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/TOICitiesNews/status/924902939344347136?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">October 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
12:35 (IST) Oct 30
Chennai airport has recorded 5cm rainfall till 8.30am today. Nagapattinam district has recorded the maximum of 9cm rain.
12:34 (IST) Oct 30
Chennai and other coastal districts are set to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours, says IMD officer Balachandran.
12:25 (IST) Oct 30
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TamilNadu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#TamilNadu</a>: Waterlogging in areas of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chennai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#Chennai</a> after heavy rainfall in the region <a href="https://t.co/Jhvsln4ojM">pic.twitter.com/Jhvsln4ojM</a></p> &mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/924891072869761030?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">October 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
11:46 (IST) Oct 30
After a brief respite, it has started pouring again in Chennai.
10:36 (IST) Oct 30
IMD has predicted that rainfall is likely to continue on Tuesday as well.
10:25 (IST) Oct 30
MJO phenomenon at work
MJO phenomenon at work
10:01 (IST) Oct 30
The Met office has predicted a maximum and minimum temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively, today
09:49 (IST) Oct 30
Commuters had a tough time in negotiating on waterlogged roads in Velachery locality.
Commuters had a tough time in negotiating on waterlogged roads in Velachery locality.
09:47 (IST) Oct 30
Waterlogged roads in Chennai's Velachery locality.
Waterlogged roads in Chennai's Velachery locality.
09:38 (IST) Oct 30
As per the climatological table (1981-2010), the city gets, on average, 37cm rainfall over 11 and a half rainy days during November.
09:31 (IST) Oct 30
Weather experts say that the state is poised to get excess rainfall this northeast monsoon due to a favourable Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
09:29 (IST) Oct 30
The city and the rest of the state are likely to get above normal rainfall this northeast monsoon, weathermen said. The NE monsoon, which has brought moderate rainfall in the southern and delta districts on Sunday, arrived in the city on Monday.
09:21 (IST) Oct 30
The IMD has forecast that the northeast monsoon would be most likely normal though it had been deficient last year.
09:13 (IST) Oct 30
Met office predicted on Sunday that the sky condition would be generally cloudy in the coming two days.
09:03 (IST) Oct 30
Satellite image shows heavy cloud over Chennai
Satellite image shows heavy cloud over Chennai
09:00 (IST) Oct 30
Northeast monsoon which brings most of the rainfall to the state has been active in the last two days, following the withdrawal of southwest monsoon.