The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on Thursday due to a depression over the southwestern Bay of Bengal.
The depression which was situated 250 kilometres south-southeast of Chennai on Thursday afternoon is likely to cross the coasts of north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh on Friday morning, the weather department said.
The agency has predicted that most places in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry receive light to moderate rainfall on Thursday. It has predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places in the Rayalseema region of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on Friday.
between Puducherry & Chennai by early morning of tomorrow, the 19th November, 2021.@ndmaindia @NDRFHQ @DDNewslive @DDNewsHindi pic.twitter.com/HUxfVVBTV8
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) November 18, 2021
Meanwhile, parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh reported heavy rains on Thursday morning.