Chennai to get rain till Friday: Met dept

The Regional Meteorological Centre’s (RMC) forecast here said thunderstorm with heavy to very heavy with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely in Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram and Ranipet districts on Thursday. A red alert has been issued for these four districts.

Chennai is expected to get rain from Wednesday night and it would gradually increase to very heavy rain to continue till Friday,” said Dr S Balachandran, deputy director-general of Meteorology, RMC.

He added that the heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Chengalpattu, Tirupattur and Vellore districts; and heavy rain in Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Kallakurichi and Puducherry. The rest of the State could get moderate rain.

The RMC has also warned the fishermen against venturing into the sea for the next two days due to cyclonic storms that are likely to reach speeds of 40 kmph to 50 kmph along the southwestern Bay of Bengal, southern Andhra Pradesh and northern Tamil Nadu.

Meanwhile, the Water Resources Department (WRD) increased the discharge from the three major reservoirs in the city on Wednesday.