Heavy showers pound Chennai 3 dead in rain related incidents
Chennai Dec 30 PTI Heavy to very heavy rains pounded Chennai and the suburbs on Thursday inundating roads and subways and three persons were killed in rain-related incidents hereThree persons two women and a boy died of electrocution here Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management KKSSR Ramachandran saidIt was a repeat of scenes witnessed here last month as motorists struggled to manoeuvre their vehicles on flooded roads and subways while showers led to traffic congestion in the city and suburbsThe intense spell may turn out to be one of the heaviest witnessed in recent years while police said three subways were closed and in view of inundation and traffic moved at a snails pace in at least 14 arterial city thoroughfaresGreater Chennai Corporation said that over 145 pumps were used to de-clog inundated locationsMetrorail authorities said services were extended by an hour from 11 PM onwards in view of rains so as to help passengers reach their destinations safelyStarting from noon most areas in the city and suburbs began receiving rainfall and it was heavy to very heavy in several locationsAccording to India Meterological Department IMD the highest rainfall of 1765 CM was recorded in MRC Nagar here It was 1465 CM and 10 CM at Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam respectivelyIn other areas including those falling under neighbouring Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts the showers ranged from 1 CM Madhavaram to 10 CM Nandanam The rainfall data was recorded between 830 AM and 615 PM todayIsolated heavy to very rainfall activity is likely to continue over north coastal Tamil Nadu and adjoining areas of south coastal Andhra Pradesh during next three days and decrease thereafter the IMD saidWeather enthusiasts made claims in the social media vis-a-vis the intensity of rains and on showers beating previous recordsOne such claim said Thursdays rains in Chennai was the heaviest for a single day in the month of December after 2015IMD officials here however did not confirm such claimsOfficials said a conclusion could be arrived at only after looking into actual rainfall for the 24-hour period and following a scrutiny of previous dataEnthusiast Pradeep John Tamil Nadu Weatherman tweeted Mylapore crosses 200 mm One of the craziest spells of lifetime Chennai City Nungambakkam beats 2015 annual rainfall In another tweet he said2015 annual rainfall is overtaken by 2021 is the 3rd wettest year of all time behind 2005 1996 He had also given data for Chennai city Nungambakkam to support his claimTamil Nadu witnessed heavy rainfall during the north east monsoon October-December monsoon and according to the weather office presence of convective cells led to rainfallA weather forecast by the IMD issued 1230 hours on December 30 had said Thunderstorm with moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over coastal Tamil Nadu Thunderstorm with moderate rain is likely to occur at many places over Villupuram Cuddalore and Delta districts Puducherry and Karaikal Light rain is also likely to occur at isolated places over Interior Tamil Nadu districts PTI VGN ROH ROH
Chennai Dec 30 PTI Heavy to very heavy rains pounded Chennai and the suburbs on Thursday inundating roads and subways and three persons were killed in rain-related incidents hereThree persons two women and a boy died of electrocution here Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management KKSSR Ramachandran saidIt was a repeat of scenes witnessed here last month as motorists struggled to manoeuvre their vehicles on flooded roads and subways while showers led to traffic congestion in the city and suburbsThe intense spell may turn out to be one of the heaviest witnessed in recent years while police said three subways were closed and in view of inundation and traffic moved at a snails pace in at least 14 arterial city thoroughfaresGreater Chennai Corporation said that over 145 pumps were used to de-clog inundated locationsMetrorail authorities said services were extended by an hour from 11 PM onwards in view of rains so as to help passengers reach their destinations safelyStarting from noon most areas in the city and suburbs began receiving rainfall and it was heavy to very heavy in several locationsAccording to India Meterological Department IMD the highest rainfall of 1765 CM was recorded in MRC Nagar here It was 1465 CM and 10 CM at Nungambakkam and Meenambakkam respectivelyIn other areas including those falling under neighbouring Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts the showers ranged from 1 CM Madhavaram to 10 CM Nandanam The rainfall data was recorded between 830 AM and 615 PM todayIsolated heavy to very rainfall activity is likely to continue over north coastal Tamil Nadu and adjoining areas of south coastal Andhra Pradesh during next three days and decrease thereafter the IMD saidWeather enthusiasts made claims in the social media vis-a-vis the intensity of rains and on showers beating previous recordsOne such claim said Thursdays rains in Chennai was the heaviest for a single day in the month of December after 2015IMD officials here however did not confirm such claimsOfficials said a conclusion could be arrived at only after looking into actual rainfall for the 24-hour period and following a scrutiny of previous dataEnthusiast Pradeep John Tamil Nadu Weatherman tweeted Mylapore crosses 200 mm One of the craziest spells of lifetime Chennai City Nungambakkam beats 2015 annual rainfall In another tweet he said2015 annual rainfall is overtaken by 2021 is the 3rd wettest year of all time behind 2005 1996 He had also given data for Chennai city Nungambakkam to support his claimTamil Nadu witnessed heavy rainfall during the north east monsoon October-December monsoon and according to the weather office presence of convective cells led to rainfallA weather forecast by the IMD issued 1230 hours on December 30 had said Thunderstorm with moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over coastal Tamil Nadu Thunderstorm with moderate rain is likely to occur at many places over Villupuram Cuddalore and Delta districts Puducherry and Karaikal Light rain is also likely to occur at isolated places over Interior Tamil Nadu districts PTI VGN ROH ROH
