Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in several places in
Tamil Nadu starting October 29 with the north-east monsoon expected to
set in the next day, the Met department said on Thursday Oct 27,2016
Conditions were favourable for the withdrawal of
south-west monsoon following settling in of north-easterlies along the
east Coast.”Commencement of north-east monsoon rains over the southern
parts of peninsular India is likely around October 30,” India
Meteorological Department said in a bulletin.
It
forecast heavy rainfall at isolated places over north coastal Tamil Nadu
on Saturday and said heavy rainfall at isolated places was ‘very
likely’ over the state on October 30, the day north-east monsoon is
expected to set in, indicating a wet Deepavali.
IMD also forecast isolated heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu, south interior Karnataka and Kerala on October 31,2016
North-east monsoon brings the bulk of annual rainfall to Tamil Nadu besides other southern states.
Last
year, the north-east monsoon had wreaked havoc in Tamil Nadu, with a
record downpour in December 2015, resulting in deluge in the four
northern districts of Tamil Nadu — Chennai, Tiruvallur, Cuddalore and
Kancheepuram.
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