Rain lashed assorted parts of the territory connected Friday (September 19, 2025) and agrarian areas received moderate rainfall with dense wind.
For the 2nd consecutive time astir 7 p.m., rainfall lashed parts of the district, particularly successful agrarian areas similar Mettur, Sankari, and Danishpet. In the district, dense rainfall lashed for 30 minutes and airy drizzling continued until midnight. Intermittent rainfall for 2 days turned the damaged roads astatine Nethimedu, Puthur Itteri Road, Gandhi Nagar, and Nethaji Nagar into slushy, and the locals were incapable to commute.
Likewise, astatine Kodambaikadu, radical utilizing the mud roadworthy adjacent the Butterfly Flyover were forced to instrumentality alternate routes.
In Namakkal district, agrarian areas witnessed mean rainfall. In Tiruchengode, mean rainfall was recorded for the past 2 days.
Former Chief Minister and AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who was scheduled to run successful Namakkal connected Saturday and Sunday (September 21, 2025), changed his docket owed to rainfall successful the district. As per the caller schedule, Mr. Palaniswami volition run successful the territory connected October 4 and 5.
In the past 24 hours that ended astatine 8 a.m. connected Saturday, Salem territory received 179.90 mm of rainfall, including 38.8 mm successful Mettur, 30 mm successful Danishpet, 29.2 mm successful Sankari, 19.4 mm successful Yercaud, 19.2 mm successful Edappadi, 16.1 mm successful Salem City, 12.2 mm successful Omalur, 12 mm successful Thammampatti, 2 mm successful Vazhapadi, and 1 mm successful Attur.
Namakkal territory received 59.60 mm of rainfall, including 15 mm successful Kollihills Semmedu, 10 mm successful Namakkal, 7 mm successful Senthamangalam, 6.60 mm successful Komarapalayam, 6 mm successful Tiruchengode, 5 mm successful Puduchatram, 4 mm successful Rasipuram, 3 mm successful Collectorate, 2 mm successful Paramathi Velur and 1 mm successful Mohanur.
