Presently classified as a 'Low-Pressure Area,' the weather system is expected to intensify into a 'Well marked Low-Pressure Area' and move north-northwestwards towards Tamil Nadu Coasts during the next 2 days, said the IMD.



IMD issues orange alert for heavy rainfall in Chennai

Owing to an evolving weather system in the Bay of Bengal, off India's southeast coast, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for heavy (up to 11 cm) to very heavy rainfall (up to 20 cm) in Chennai city and adjoining districts of Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu and Kanchipuram, for Wednesday, 18th December.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Andhra Pradesh due to a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal that is likely to intensify into Cyclone Fengal on Wednesday, November 27.

Cyclone Fengal: IMD issues heavy rain alert in Tamil Nadu; schools, colleges closed