Torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts on friday even as the death toll in rainrelated incidents in the state. Torrential rains cause destructive flooding in chennai. People in chennai woke up to unexpected heavy rainfall on a sunday morning april 26, 2020 after the mercury level dropped in the tamil. Safe emergency evacuation of a tertiary care hospital during the once in a century floods in chennai, india. Torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts today even as the death toll in rainrelated incidents mounted to eight in. Torrential rains to continue for three days forecaster residential areas inundated, factories forced to close chennai airport closed till dec. Death toll climbs to 269 from torrential rain and flooding. The city is witnessing heavy downpour prompting authorities to announce holiday for schools and offices. It isnt a technical weather term as there is no formal definition of torrential rains as recognized by the national weather service nws, but nws does define heavy rainfall as rain that accumulates at a rate of 3 tenths of an inch 0. Customers travelling from chennai are advised to allow additional time for their. Puducherry recorded 22 cm of rainfall over a 24hour period, making it the wettest december day ever. Torrential rain continued to lash southern india on thursday, with floodwaters closing down a major airport in the capital of tamil nadu state and.
Torrential rains wreak havoc in chennai, tamil nadu. Torrential overnight rains for about ten hours brought this metropolis and neighbouring districts of kancheepuram and tiruvallur to a grinding halt, paralysing normal life completely. Nonstop torrential rains since last night pounded several parts of chennai and its suburbs and puducherry triggering a deluge completely disrupting normal life as army and navy were deployed on tuesday night in two suburban areas to undertake rescue on a war footing. Safe emergency evacuation of a tertiary care hospital. Moderate to heavy rains continued over many parts of tamil nadu on the consecutive third day. Presently two weather systems can be seen in the surrounding of south india. The severe flooding in chennai caused by torrential rains is a result of climate change and should be an eye opener for city planners, experts here have warned.
Another spell of torrential rains in chennai has thrown normal life out of gear. Torrential overnight rains in chennai throw normal life. Army out in chennai as heavy rains batter city and suburbs. During the past 24 hours even, chennai witnessed heavy rains of 45 mm whereas kodaikanal recorded 27 mm of rainfall, and tondi 17 mm presently two weather systems can be seen in the surrounding of south india. Torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts even as the death toll in rain related incidents mounted to eight. Torrential rains pound chennai, neighbouring districts sharp showers battered parts of chennai such as mylapore, foreshore estate, southern suburbs of tambaram, chrompet and pallavaram. Record breaking rain has been witnessed in many parts of the state. Illayathalapathy vijay shoots for vijay 59 despite heavy torrential rains in chennai. Heavy rain forecast for chennai over weekend the new indian. South of chennai, heavy rains and flooding persisted into the second week of december. Heavy widespread rain has occurred over many places of tamil nadu in last 24.
Updating with details of fresh rains chennai, nov 3 pti torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts today even as the. In many parts of the city, flood waters are even higher. Earthquake, weather forecast report today, mumbai, delhi, gujarat, chennai, bangalore rains latest news, weather forecast imd report today. Schools and colleges in chennai and other parts of coastal tamil nadu will remain closed today after heavy rain was witnessed in the region since last evening. Indias rescue efforts continue after heavy rains torment. Nonstop torrential rains since last night pounded several parts of chennai and its suburbs and puducherry triggering a deluge completely disrupting normal life as. Torrential rain brought floods to indonesias capital, paralysing large parts of the city as rescue workers used boats to navigate streets turned into murky, brown waterways to get people to safety. New delhi rescue operations continued on thursday in the southern indian city of chennai and surrounding areas after torrential rains lashed the. For the past four days, torrential rains have pounded several parts of tamil nadu, severely disrupting flights, train and bus services.
Torrential downpour swept chennai and other parts of tamil nadu over the weekend with many areas receiving over 150 mm within 24 hours. Heavy rainfall to continue over tamil nadu for next two days. The records show that 2015 or this years rainfall is not the only time when chennai received heavy rains. Torrential overnight rains in chennai throw normal life out of gear schools and colleges, closed since october 31, remained shut in chennai, tiruvallur and kancheepuram districts, as the tamil nadu government appealed to private firms to allow their employees work from home. The fedex trade networks office in chennai, india is currently closed. Due to heavy rain in chennai, traffic congestion is expected. Torrential overnight rains bring chennai city, suburbs to grinding halt. Many parts of chennai received heavy rains yesterday due to north east monsoon. Torrential overnight rains hit chennai after sunny.
More than 10,000 people were forced to leave their homes as torrential rains dumped over 11 inches in parts of southern india, including chennai. Torrential rains pound chennai, neighbouring districts. Latest chennai rains news, photos, blogposts, videos and wallpapers. The regional weather office has forecast heavy to very heavy rains in the coastal districts and thunderstorms in chennai and its suburbs for the next 24 hours.
Nonstop torrential rains ravage southern india photos thousands of people have been evacuated and a rescue operation is under way in southern india, which has been severely flooded after several days of nonstop torrential rains, which prompted the closure of schools and factories and flight cancelations. Torrential overnight rains for about ten hours brought this metropolis and neighbouring districts of kancheepuram and tiruvallur to a grinding halt. Sharp showers battered parts of chennai such as mylapore, foreshore. Illayathalapathy vijay shoots for vijay 59 despite heavy. Large parts of thanjavur city were marooned by rising waters, while several houses collapsed under the. Torrential overnight rains bring chennai city, suburbs to. Judging from photos posted on social media, at least 2 of the aircraft on. The rainravaged capital of tamil nadu was cut off from the rest of the world on wednesday as flooded runways forced authorities to cancel all. Why chennai will keep choking, drowning with every spell of heavy. Heavy rains cause closure of chennai airport, possible.
Heavy rain beginning on the evening of 4 december flooded parts of puducherry, continuing through the following morning. The transplant procedure continued and was completed at around 7 pm. The nonstop torrential rains pounding the city since last night showed some let up in the morning but the. Heavy rains bring down temperature in chennai india news zee.
Torrential rains in chennai over the past few days have left the airport flooded and closed through at least 6 december. Chennai, india is being hit by the worst rains in nearly a century. Floods have forced more than four million people to leave their homes across india, nepal and bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc. Chennai floods an eye opener for city planners the hindu. A total of 269 people have died since torrential rains first began lashing the coastal city about a month ago, indias home minister rajnath singh was quoted as saying by the indian express. This easterly trough would bring heavy to very heavy rains in coastal tamil nadu, including chennai, till december 2. Sharp showers battered parts of chennai such as mylapore, foreshore estate, southern suburbs of tambaram, chrompet and pallavaram. According to the india meteorological department imd, fishermen have been advised not to venture into northwest and adjoining westcentral arabian sea till wednesday morning.
From 1 december, torrential rains again inundated portions of the union territory. Schools and colleges, which are closed since 31 october due to rains, have been shut today as well in chennai, kancheepuram and tiruvallur districts. Sharp showers battered parts of chennai such as mylapore, southern suburbs of tambaram, chrompet and pallavaram. Schools and colleges, closed since october 31, remained shut in chennai. Torrential rains pound chennai, sparks fear of 2015like deluge torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts today even as the death toll in rain related incidents mounted to eight in the state. Torrential rains pound chennai, sparks fear of 2015like. While the rains and floods bring chennai to standstill, vijay continues to work nonstop for his next filmi. Torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts even as the death toll in rain related incidents mounted to eight in the state. The 2015 south india floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast. Train in extremely heavy rain ahmedabad chennai express. Rest parts of the states, particularly coastal parts will also continue with torrential monsoon rains. With chennai seeing its worst rainfall in 100 years, we take a look at what caused it, what the impact is, whats being done and what chief minister jayalalithaa has to do. Torrential rains pound chennai torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts on friday even as the death toll in rainrelated. The photo above shows what was once the road outside fulls chennai office.
Torrential rains inundated hundreds of acres of paddy fields in thanjavur, tiruvarur and nagapattinam districts, and caused residential areas to flood by 8 december. The state government has ordered the closure of schools in. Torrential overnight downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighboring districts, even as the marina beach locality recorded a whopping 30cm of rain. During the month of november, many areas of tamil nadu have received torrential rains. Over two dozen aircraft are currently stranded at the airport, ranging from small private jets to a boeing 747400 freighter. For instance, the capital city, chennai has broken a century old rainfall record for november. On the 5th consecutive day of the chennai rains, the skies opened up yet again late on friday evening after a day of sunshine, with 55 mm rain recorded around 10 pm at nungambakkam. Torrential overnight rains bring chennai, suburbs to. Torrential rains in chennai, where about 200 full employees live and work, have flooded the south indian city, displacing as many as 1.
Heavy rains disrupt normal life in tamil nadu and puducherry india. During the past 24 hours even, chennai witnessed heavy rains of 45 mm whereas kodaikanal recorded 27 mm of rainfall, and tondi 17 mm. A fresh bout of heavy downpour over the last few days has left most parts of the city under water. Torrential overnight rains bring chennai, suburbs to grinding halt. Though there was some respite during the day, but it started raining heavily towards the evening. Torrential overnight downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the metropolis and neighbouring districts, even as the marina beach locality recorded a whopping 30 cm of rain. Torrential rain, or a torrential downpour, is any amount of rain that is considered especially heavy. In kancheepuram district, chengalpattu, kanchipuram.
A government release said 105 relief camps have been set up in chennai. Heavy rains lashed chennai today and in a matter of days it is expected the rain clouds would make their mark in the city, weathermen said. In tamil nadu, torrential downpour threw normal life out of gear in several parts of chennai and neighbouring districts. On a day when torrential rains lashed the city, throwing normal life completely out of gear, chief minister edappadi k. Waterlogging was witnessed in many parts of rameswaram. Army, navy out in chennai as heavy rains batter tamil nadu, met predicts more downpour for next 4 days. Army, navy out in chennai as heavy rains batter tamil nadu. According to skymet meteorology division in india, some parts of north chennai will receive extremely heavy rains.