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Heavy rain lashes Chennai

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 30, 2017, 18:48:20 IST

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

Many Chennai schools closed early due to rain

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.

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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

Chennai, eight other TN coastal districts to get heavy rainfall in 24 hours

The Indian Meteorological Department on Monday forecast heavy or very heavy rainfall in Chennai and eight other coastal districts over the next 24 hours.

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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).

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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.

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&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#ChennaiRains</a> <a href="https://t.co/lg1gOTJZ5W">pic.twitter.com/lg1gOTJZ5W</a></p> — 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&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#TamilNadu</a>: Waterlogging in areas of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chennai?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#Chennai</a> after heavy rainfall in the region <a href="https://t.co/Jhvsln4ojM">pic.twitter.com/Jhvsln4ojM</a></p> — 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

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.

09:47 (IST) Oct 30

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

Unusual weather system may give TN bonus rainfall

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.

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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

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.

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