Low pressure intensifies, more rains expected in city

The Regional Met Director SR Ramanan said, “The low pressure that formed over the Bay of Bengal on Friday has moved in the west and north-western direction and continues to persist in the Bay of Bengal near Sri Lanka. As a result, we can expect more rains till Tuesday.”

He also confirmed that the low pressure could intensify into a depression, and Chennai city will receive periodic rainfall or thundershowers till Nov 17.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rain would occur over coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts during the next 24 hours. Strong winds from north-easterly direction, with speed occasionally reaching 45-55 kmph were likely along and off Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts.

Normal rainfall during the entire north-east monsoon period is around 44 cm, and the state has already received a 34.5 cm since the onset of monsoon.

People who were marooned in the floods caused by rain water needed to be rescued with the help of boats in Tambaram. Now the resident associations of Velachery have asked for similar help as ground floor flats and homes are inundated

Heavy rain lashed Chennai from the early hours of Sunday morning causing water bodies to breach their banks. Lakes in the Tambaram, Pallavaram and Alandur regions breached their boundaries, and the excess water caused flooding of houses in these areas.

People who were stranded in their homes around Tambaram were rescued with the help of two boats.

As a preventive measure, Public Works Department officials opened the sluice gates at the Rajakilpakkam lake which led to the flooding of a section of Velachery Main Road.

Residents welfare associations in the area tried to contact officials to ask for boats as they have been stranded in their homes for three days.