Rains Updates: A new barometric depression is expected to develop over Bay of Bengal near South Andaman on Saturday. The low pressure area is likely to strengthen over the next 48 hours due to which Tamil Nadu is set to receive another round of heavy rains.
Meanwhile, shops are re-opened and vehicular movement resumed as Chennai started to bounce back to normalcy after almost a week of incessant rains.
According to Chennai Meteorological Department, a low-pressure area is expected to form at the Southern Andaman region in Bay of Bengal on Saturday. The depression is forecast to travel towards east-northeast direction.
In the next 24 hours, parts of Kanyakumari district will receive heavy to very heavy rainfall. However, the interior districts such as Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Theni, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Salem, Namakkal, Perambalur, Trichy, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi will receive heavy downpour.
Meanwhile Puducherry and Karaikal will receive moderate downpour. Light to moderate rain are expected in Chennai for the next two days. Fishermen have been warned not to venture into Kerala coast and Southeast Arabian Sea.
As districts of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday received heavy rain, the state is on alert with the NDRF and SDRF ready for action. Parts of Nellore and Chittoor districts in the state saw heavy to very heavy rainfall, and a few areas, including Tirupati, saw inundation and uprooting of trees due to the heavy downpour.
Rains have been battering Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the past few days, due to a low pressure area that intensified into a depression over the Indian coast. However, the depression over the north coastal Tamil Nadu has weakened into a well-marked low pressure area now, the India Meteorological Department has said.
Six relief camps have been set up in Chittoor district, and around 70 families have been evacuated from low-lying areas in Nellore district so far. Meanwhile, the Met Department withdrew its red alert for Chennai, after days of the Tamil Nadu capital being battered by showers and related casualties.
Drone shots from outskirts of Chennai, aerial shots show how the floods have affected the suburbs of Chennai. Some outskirts of Chennai still under water. Severe waterlogging in suburbs such as Semmencherry, Mudichur, Manivakkam and Perumbakkam.
In Chittoor district, the Swarnamukhi river, several rivulets and tanks are overflowing in the district. Three persons were rescued by bystanders when floodwaters swept them away while they were crossing a causeway on the Swarnamukhi river, near Srikalahasti.
As many as 26 relief camps have been operationalised in Chittoor district, with two SDRF and one NDRF teams on standby for handling rescue and relief operations.
In Nellore district too, heavy inflows led to flooding of rivulets and canals in Sullurpeta division. The police and NDRF came to the rescue of several workers from floodwaters that inundated their textile factory in Sullurpeta.
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