Chennai rains: Schools to remain shut on Saturday

Heavy rains pound Chennai, neighbouring districts

Torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts on Friday even as the death toll in rain-related incidents mounted to eight in the state. Rains lashed the city overnight. Though there was some respite during the day, but it started raining heavily towards the evening.

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Torrential overnight rains throw normal life out of gear

Torrential overnight downpour+ threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts, even as the Marina Beach locality recorded a whopping 30 cm of rain. ​ Schools and colleges, closed since October 31, remained shut in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts, as the Tamil Nadu government appealed to private firms to allow their employees work from home.

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Chennai schools will remain shut tomorrow, informs district collector

People are unaffected thanks to Amma govt’s 2015 plan, TN chief minister claims

After taking a road trip to the flood affected areas in Chennai and nearby areas, Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday said the speedy efforts taken by his government - on a war-footing manner - helped remove stagnant water from low-lying areas, despite the city receiving cumulative rainfall of 36cm in the last three days.

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TN CM visits rain-hit areas; asserts AIADMK govt acted on war-footing

Amid criticism of the AIADMK regime's handling of the Rains in Chennai in Tamil Nadu, chief minister K Palaniswami on Friday visited various parts of the city and its suburbs, hit by water-logging, insisting that his government was working on a "war-footing"

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Chennai Rains: Jet Airways waives off penalty charges

Air carrier Jet Airways has waived off penalty charges to passengers who prefer to change flights or cancel trips due to torrential rains that has been witnessing in the city and neighbourhood.

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Residential locality in Peerkankaranai gets submerged due to heavy rains

Water-logging in various areas of #TamilNadu: Visuals of flooding in village areas of #Nagapattinam pic.twitter.com/aF057Kfp96

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Chennai rains: Some IT companies allow employees to work from home

Some Information Technology companies located on the IT Corridor here on Friday allowed their employees to work from their homes in view of overnight torrential rains that lashed the city and its suburbs, an industry official said.

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Current situation of Boat Club Road, Chennai

Chennai cops distribute food, bread and water pockets to people stuck in water clogged areas pic.twitter.com/gMR4yxaIiY

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Cops rescue children and elderly people from AGS Colony in Velachery

Photo of Marina Beach after heavy rains

MLA Mylapore constitutes a special team to help distressed people. MLA office staff can be contacted on phone numbers 9962562106, 9962667373, 8667388230, 9962007799.

Rain has come all of a sudden. This is nature's fury, you must understand. We're working on a war footing to clear water.

#TamilNadu Minister KP Anbalagan visited water-logged areas in #Chennai's Kovilambakkam pic.twitter.com/TolPLexhNs

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Massive water-logging in parts of #TamilNadu followed by heavy rainfall: Visuals from #Chennai's Sunnambu Kolathur area pic.twitter.com/9C8UWGWC38

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Water entered Tambaram Taluk Government Hospital in Chromepet after heavy rain on Thursday night, forcing doctors and paramedical staff to shift patients from the ground floor to the first floor. At least 60 patients had been shifted from the ground floor to the first floor, doctors said.

Tamil Nadu CM is scheduled to visit Royapuram, RK Nagar (medical camp), Narayanapuram (zona office 14), Mudichur near Tambaram today: Government sources

Ola cab aggregator has suspended surge pricing for the day.

Nine of a family luckily escaped when a two-storey mud house collapsed due to the rain at Vayal Street in Tirunelveli during the early hours of Friday.

CM Palaniswami to visit flood-affected areas from 2 pm, areas not finalised yet.

Madras HC directs Tamil Nadu government to give compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the families of two girls who died of electrocution in Kodungaiyur.

Chennai DGP office records a maximum rainfall of 30cm on Thursday, says city IMD chief Balachandran

Water entered several homes and shops in the low-lying areas. There were power cuts in several places in Chennai, including Mandaveli and Royapettah.

Government hospital in Chromepet flooded, around 60 patients have been evacuated from the ground floor and shifted to the first floor.

Heavy rainfall in Chennai creates havoc; EPS, OPS keep mum

Area cyclone warning centre director S Balachandran said, "Yesterday's low pressure area over Sri Lanka and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal now lies over southwest Bay of Bengal off the coasts of Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. Rainfall activity will continue over north coastal Tamil Nadu with heavy to very heavy rain over Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts during next 24 hours."

Incessant rains continue to disrupt normal life in Chennai, visuals of water-logged streets from Boat Club area. #ChennaiRains pic.twitter.com/pnhDw3oDZs

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#ChennaiRains Sathyabhama University campus submerged in knee-deep water. pic.twitter.com/VBmBVVjTvu

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Okkiam Maduvu almost full with rainwater as rains continue to lash Chennai.

Most corporate companies are working today, many have given staff permission to work from home.

Severe water-logging in #Chennai's Valluvar Kottam area following to heavy rainfall pic.twitter.com/4QfHuz9pdu

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Sri Karaneeswarar Temple tank at Saidapet in Chennai brimming with rainwater.

Commuters wade through flooded streets in city area

Municipal administration and water supply minister meets CM Edappadi K Palamiswami at the latter's residence.

Photo of overflowing South Buckingham Canal

Lake Perungudi is full of rainwater following heavy downpour.

Over 2,000 TCS employees were stranded on Siruseri campus last night due to heavy rains. Food and accommodation was provided.

Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rain in the next 24 hours, IMD said on Friday morning.

#ChennaiRains Photos of Chennai corporation head office in Chennai Central pic.twitter.com/QLARGeCsop

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Vague weather forecasts

Vague Met forecasts have not helped the government. A lack of clarity on how heavy the rain would be the next day left the authorities in a cleft stick for more than 12 hours on Thursday - indicating in the afternoon that schools would stay open on Friday, only to declare a holiday after heavy evening showers.

Torrential rains inundated many parts of Tirunelveli and wreaked havoc in other districts along the state's coastline.

After taking a battering from just four days of rainfall from Monday and left bracing for more, Chennai had little assurance coming its way from the government, which has for the best part since the onset of the northeast monsoon on October 27 made inaccurate claims about its rain preparedness and dithered or made hasty decisions on issues such as declaring schools closed.

More photos of #ChennaiRains from Egmore area. Rainwater leaves streets inundated; several areas flooded. pic.twitter.com/CaVVuuwuiW

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Northern parts of Chennai have received relatively lesser rain than the other areas so far.

Weathermen have predicted more rain until the weekend.

Chennai received its heaviest spell of rain since December 2015 on Thursday evening. Within a couple of hours, several parts of the city including Nungambakkam, Saidapet, Neelankarai, Mogappair, Chromepet and Velachery received more than 10cm rainfall.