Met: Rain breaks hot spell in Chennai, to continue till Nov 12
Hindustan Times[email protected] A traffic police personnel manages traffic during rain in Chennai on Thursday. After a stretch of hot days, Chennai and its adjoining districts received isolated heavy rainfall on Thursday that was forecast to continue but with reduced intensity until November 12, officials from the regional meteorological centre in Chennai said. Since October 1, Chennai and Tamil Nadu have received excessive rainfall of 7% and 13% excess rainfall respectively during this north east monsoon season, an official said. Thunderstorms with lightning are likely to occur at one or two places over Tamil Nadu and, the RMC said adding that there will be isolated heavy rainfall in various places until November 12. For Chennai and its adjoining districts such as Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Thiruvallur, “for next 24 hours the sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy,” said deputy director of RMC, P Senthamarai Kannan.