Heavy rain lashes Madurai, nearby districts

MADURAI: Heavy rain lashed Madurai and nearby districts on Monday night and in the early hours of Tuesday.
Madurai district recorded an average rainfall of 42.21 mm. Thaniyamangalam (68.9 mm), Idayapatti (62 mm), Madurai Airport (61 mm), Usilampatti (61 mm), Viraganur (54.8 mm), Peraiyur (53.6 mm) and Kalligudi (52.8 mm) are among the areas in Madurai district that recorded heavy rainfall.
Veerapandi (119 mm) in Theni district recorded the highest rainfall in southern districts in 24 hours ending Tuesday morning.Uthamapalayam (63.9 mm) and Gudalur (56.5 mm) in Theni district also recurved good showers.
Thiruppuvanam (95.2 mm) in Sivagangai district and Kovilankulam (72.4 mm), Sivakasi (65 mm), Watrap (59 mm) and Virudhunagar (53 mm) in Virudhunagar district also received heavy rain.
Many areas in Ramanathapuram district received good rainfall. The district recorded an average rainfall of 44.78 mm. Paramakudi (83.9 mm), Mandapam (77.8 mm), Rameswaram (64.5 mm), Valinokam (64.2 mm), R S Mangalam (63.3 mm), Tiruvadanai (57.2 mm) and Kamuthi (52.6 mm) are among the places that received heavy rainfall. This left many places in the coastal district inundated.
Papanasam (91 mm), Manimuthar (84 mm), Ambasamudram (83 mm), Cheranmahadevi (58 mm) and Nanguneri (53 mm) in Tirunelveli district, Kayalpattinam (90 mm), Vaippar (50 mm) and Kayathar (59 mm) in Tuticorin district and Ayikudi (76 mm) and Tenkasi (56.4 mm) in Tenkasi district recorded good showers in 24 hours ending on Tuesday morning.