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Widespread rainfall lashed respective parts of Tamil Nadu successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday (October 15, 2025), with a fewer coastal areas experiencing aggravated downpours, nether the power of a prevailing upwind strategy implicit the Bay of Bengal.
Chennaiites woke up to aggravated rainfall connected Wednesday arsenic easterly winds strengthened implicit the region, signalling the impending accomplishment of the Northeast monsoon. The Regional Meteorological Centre connected Tuesday (October 14) noted that the simultaneous withdrawal of the Southwest monsoon and onset of Northeast monsoon was apt by Thursday (October 16). A further update connected the monsoon displacement is awaited.
In the 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m., Ennore successful Chennai recorded a precise dense rainfall of 14 cm. The bulk of rainfall successful assorted parts of Tamil Nadu was received during the aboriginal greeting hours of Wednesday. Kathivakkam (10 cm), Manali New Town successful Chennai and Kodanad successful Nilgiris territory (9 cm each), Wimco Nagar successful Chennai (8 cm), and Sembanarkoil successful Mayiladuthurai (7 cm) besides reported dense rainfall.
Several different places, including Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Vellore, Kallakurichi, Villupuram, Tirunelveli Pudukottai, Cuddalore, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram, Nagapattinam, Ranipet, and Tiruvallur, received airy to mean rainfall during the aforesaid period. Widespread showers had covered astir of the coastal districts connected Wednesday, marking a wide displacement successful upwind patterns crossed the State.
An precocious aerial cyclonic circulation implicit Southwest Bay of Bengal, which is apt to determination towards the Comorin area, is cited to beryllium 1 of the reasons for bedewed upwind successful the State.
RMC forecast
In its Nowcast valid till 1 p.m., the RMC has forecast airy rainfall successful isolated places implicit Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, and Kallakurichi.
The RMC has predicted airy to mean rainfall to proceed successful galore places. Heavy rainfall is apt to hap implicit the Ghat areas of Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Dindigul, Theni, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, and Kanyakumari districts connected Wednesday.
Water merchandise
Meanwhile, the Water Resources Department (WRD) plans to merchandise astir 700 cubic feet per 2nd (cusecs) of h2o from the Poondi reservoir and 200 cusecs from the Red Hills reservoir astatine 2 p.m. connected Wednesday.
Officials of the WRD said the h2o released into the Kosasthalaiyar stream volition scope the Tamaraipakkam anicut. From there, it would beryllium diverted to Cholavaram vessel for storage.
The shutters of the Poondi reservoir are being opened arsenic it received dense inflow of 2,260 cusecs from catchment areas, the Kesavaram anicut, the Illupur cheque dam, and the Kandaleru-Poondi canal.
According to the WRD’s compendium of rules, the reservoir h2o level indispensable beryllium maintained astatine 33 ft. successful October. However, the h2o level present stands astatine 34.30 ft. and hence, measures are being taken to divert the excess to the Cholavaram vessel for storage.
Officials said determination are plans to merchandise h2o from the Red Hills reservoir depending connected the inflow and rainfall during the day. The reservoir, which is 1 of the large drinking h2o sources for Chennai, is filling up fast.
The Tiruvallur territory medication has issued a flood informing to low-lying areas, including Vadakarai, Naravarikuppam, Sadayankuppam, and Kosapur, on the surplus course.
