The Meteorological department has forecasted more rainfall due to a low pressure area persisting in the Bay of Bengal.
What is the status of rain in Tamilnadu?
The MeT department saidlow pressure area over south west Bay of Bengal, adjoining Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu coast.
The associated cyclonic circulation extending up to 3.1 km above mean sea level continued to persist and are likely to bring more rains.
Rains continued to lash Chennai and neighbouring districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur besides other regions of Tamil Nadu.
The fury continued in Chennai and other coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, with the metropolis gauging 93% more showers than normal for the October one to November 4 period.
What are the impacts of the rains so far?
Eight persons have died so far since the onset of the northeast monsoon in the state.
Schools and colleges, closed since October 31, were shut on Saturday as well and several university exams were postponed.
Power supply was suspended in inundated areas of North Chennai and pockets of South Chennai.
Commuters had a harrowing time due to delayed services of buses and trains and severe traffic snarls.
Showers caused track “circuit based signalling to fail” due to water logging in Chennai Division, “affecting punctuality” between few stations in the southern sector.
Wherever automatic signalling got affected, trains got slightly delayed since they had to be dealt with manual signals instead of automatic signals.
There were also some power tripping issues in railway routes, including the northern suburban stations.
