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Heavy rainfall lashed Salem and Namakkal districts for the 2nd time connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) and successful the past 24 hours that ended astatine 6 a.m. connected Thursday (October 23 2025), Namakkal and Salem districts registered 423 mm and 317.10 mm of rainfall, respectively.
Throughout Wednesday, rainfall poured successful assorted parts of Salem and Namakkal districts and continued until midnight. Rainwater stagnated astatine assorted places successful Salem Corporation. At Yercaud, owed to continuous rain for the past fewer days, landslips were reported connected the Kuppanur-Yercaud Ghat Road.
As the territory medication banned conveyance question successful Yercaud from Wednesday to Friday, the police, astatine the introduction points successful the foothills, lone allowed section vehicles. Tourists were sent backmost astatine the check-post. A histrion was besides uprooted successful Vazhavandhi connected the Yercaud-Kuppanur Ghat roadworthy and fell implicit an electrical pole. In the impact, powerfulness proviso was disrupted successful much than 10 hamlets.
In Mettur municipality, rainwater entered much than 10 houses astatine MGR Nagar. Similarly, astatine Kolli Hills successful Namakkal district, a histrion was uprooted astatine the 65th hairpin bend. Vehicular question was affected and connected the information, officials astatine the Highway Department rushed to the spot and cleared the postulation aft 2 hours.
Salem territory registered 317.10 mm of rainfall, including 67.4 mm successful Mettur, 35 mm - Kariyakovil, 32.6 mm - Attur, 27.2 mm - Edappadi, 22 mm - Vazhapadi, 21.2 mm - Yercaud, 18.4 mm - Salem, 17 mm - Nathakarai, 14 mm - Thammampatti, 14 mm - Yethapur, 12 mm - Aanaimaduvu, 9 mm - Omalur, 9mm - Danishpet, 7 mm - Veeraganur, 6.3 mm - Sankari, and 5 mm - Gangavalli.
Likewise, Namakkal territory registered 423 mm of rainfall, including 90 mm each astatine Mohanur and Namakkal, 61.20 mm -Senthamangalam, 35 mm each - Kolli Hills Semmedu and Paramathi Velur, 22 mm - Rasipuram, 20 mm - Erumapatti, 19 mm - Collectorate, 18 mm - Tiruchengode, 17 mm - Puduchatram, 12.60 mm - Mangalapuram, and 3.20 mm - Komarapalayam.
