Flood alert issued along Thamirabarani river as heavy rain lashes southern districts

As the northeast monsoon intensifies implicit confederate districts, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts are experiencing wide rainfall.

According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, the debased unit country that persisted implicit the Malacca Strait and adjoining South Andaman Sea intensified into a well-marked debased unit country connected Sunday. It is apt to determination successful west-northwest absorption and whitethorn further intensify into a slump implicit southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea connected Monday (November 24). Continuing successful the aforesaid direction, it whitethorn intensify into a cyclone implicit southeast Bay of Bengal wrong the pursuing 48 hours.

Owing to this system, the confederate districts are receiving continuous rain. Though the downpour subsided connected Sunday morning, it began to drizzle aft 11 a.m. and continued intermittently.

In Thoothukudi, respective low-lying areas were waterlogged. Due to the downpour, a flood alert was fixed by the territory medication for residents surviving by the Thamirabharani. Similarly, dense rainfall successful Ottapidaram and Kayathar regions caused flash floods successful Uppar odai. About 1,000 cusecs of surplus h2o is being released from Korampallam vessel into Uppar odai. About 15,250 cusecs of h2o from Marudhur anicut and 11,060 h2o from Srivaikuntam anicut are being released into the Thamirabarani.

Hence, the territory medication has issued an alert to residents surviving successful villages on the Thamirabarani from Kaliyavur to Punnaikayal, asking them not to participate the stream for bathing.

In presumption of the dense rainfall forecast, 2 NDRF teams person been deployed to Thoothukudi for rescue operations.

Similarly, Tenkasi and Tirunelveli territory experienced continuous rainfall passim Sunday. In Kanniyakumari, the entity remained overcast and showers persisted passim the day.

As a precautionary measure, an NDRF squad arrived successful Tirunelveli.

Rainfall

The rainfall received successful Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Kanniyakumari and Tirunelveli ending astatine 6:30 a.m. connected Sunday (in mm): Thoothukudi 25, Tiruchendur 133, Kulasekarapattinam 129, Kayathar 113, Sathankulam 94, Srivaikuntam 77.70, Tenkasi 62, Ayikudi 70, Shencottah 86, Kottaram 22.4, Nagercoil 11, Balamore 32.2, Chittar I 34.2, Kalial 28.4, Manjolai 210, Kakkachi 225, Nalumukku 256 and Oothu 250.

Due to the aggravated rainfall, the territory medication of Tirunelveli and Tenkasi person declared a vacation for schools and colleges connected Monday. In Thoothukudi, lone schools person declared a holiday.

Exams postponed

Following an advisory issued by the Tamil Nadu government, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University has postponed the November 2025 semester introspection scheduled connected Monday (November 24) successful its affiliated colleges and assemblage departments successful presumption of dense rainfall.

The revised day for the introspection volition beryllium announced later, a connection from the assemblage said.