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The well-marked debased unit country implicit the Bay of Bengal is acceptable to clasp the aforesaid strength and is improbable to fortify further. The Regional Meteorological Centre has forecast that dense rainfall to continue, peculiarly implicit northbound Tamil Nadu, done the week.
The strategy disconnected the Tamil Nadu seashore brought overnight torrential rains successful respective parts of the State. It is expected to determination crossed northbound T.N., Puducherry and southbound Andhra Pradesh coasts portion maintaining its spot and showing astir nary scope for further intensification.
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Chennai and its neighbouring districts are apt to person dense rainfall connected Thursday (October 23, 2025), and a akin rainfall signifier whitethorn proceed particularly successful northbound T.N. districts till October 28. The RMC has forecast scattered rainfall to proceed implicit T.N. till October 28 interspersed with dense spells successful assorted districts.
Elaborating connected the upwind strategy losing its strength, B.Amudha, Head (Additional in-charge), RMC, said determination are galore interconnected and dynamic factors that tin origin weakening of a upwind system.
One of the unreality masses successful the confederate hemisphere that had influenced the upwind systems successful the Bay of Bengal and Arabian oversea moved away, causing the unreality banding to diffuse. Moreover, the strategy travelled adjacent to the seashore alternatively than implicit the unfastened seas, and its enactment with onshore areas constricted the clip disposable for further intensification, she said.
In contrast, the upwind strategy successful Arabian oversea consolidated into a depression. The precocious aerial circulation implicit southbound Andaman oversea persists, contributing to the bedewed spell implicit the region.
Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon successful its vigorous mode pounded astir districts crossed the State. Periyakalapet successful Puducherry recorded highly dense rainfall of 25 cm successful the 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. connected Wednesday (October 22). While 23 places, including Puducherry, Villupuram and Cuddalore, reported precise dense rainfall, dense rainfall lashed 102 places successful different districts specified arsenic Chennai, Kallakurichi, Karur and Chengalpattu.
On Wednesday (October 22), assorted places, including Harur (7.3 cm), Dharmapuri (6 cm), Udhagamandalam, Karur and Kallakurichi (3 cm each) and Yercaud, Madurai, Salem and Tiruvannamalai (2 cm each), recorded mean to dense rainfall till 6 p.m.
Water merchandise increased
With overnight downpour bringing dense inflows, floodgates of 3 large reservoirs successful Chembarambakkam, Red Hills and Poondi were opened wider to modulate the h2o level and forestall flood hazard connected Wednesday (October 22).
Following wide rainfall, the 90 large h2o bodies successful the State present person a retention of 87.7% of their full capableness of 224.34 1000 cardinal cubic feet.
In Chennai region, with Chembarambakkam reservoir’s retention rising steadily to 2,872 millon cubic feet (mcft) against 3,645 mcft., the section accrued h2o discharge from 100 cubic feet per 2nd to 500 cusecs into Adyar River connected Wednesday greeting (October 22). The measurement would alteration equilibrium of retention and accommodate dense inflows, said an authoritative of the Water Resources Department.
Similarly, the h2o merchandise from reservoirs successful Poondi and Red Hills were stepped up to 4,500 cusecs and 750 cusecs respectively to support h2o level 2 feet little than afloat capacity.
