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On Tuesday, 15 October 2024, Overnight rains lashed Chennai and nearby areas and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the low-pressure area to turn well-marked soon.
While civic authorities said there has been no water stagnation in subways, water logging was seen in several places inconveniencing road users.
Since Monday night, Chennai and its suburbs, including those falling near Tiruvallur district have been experiencing intermittent rains.
The IMD in a post on social media, "The low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal persisted over the same region at 23.30 hours IST of yesterday, the 14th of October 2024.
It is likely to move west-northwest and become a well-marked low-pressure area over central parts of the south Bay of Bengal by Tuesday morning.
"Thereafter, it is likely to intensify into a depression and continue to move west-northwest towards north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts during subsequent 2 days".
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday took stock of the preparations and steps taken by authorities to tackle the situation that may arise in view of the heavy rain predicted by the met office.
The CM directed that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Tamil Nadu Disaster Response Force be deployed in advance in the areas prone to be affected.
Edited By: Tanvi Walia
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