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Food being prepared by Greater Chennai Corporation workers at a relief camp in Manali on Wednesday | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Tamil Nadu government has set up 215 relief camps and 106 community kitchens in Chennai and deployed a total of 24,149 personnel as part of Northeast monsoon relief and rescue operations. According…
A 74-year-old man who had fallen into the Cooum river near Choolaimedu was rescued by police personnel on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) night. A senior official from the city police said Palani resided along the banks of Cooum at Choolaimedu. On Tuesday, when he was standing next to the river, which had overflown due to…
Rain lashed Erode in Tamil Nadu on October 22, 2025 | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan With overnight rains bringing heavy inflows, the floodgates of two major reservoirs of Chennai at Chembarambakkam and Poondi were opened wider to regulate the water level and prevent flood risk on Wednesday (October 22, 2025). The well-marked low pressure area…
The Northeast monsoon, which brings a major share of Tamil Nadu’s annual rainfall, arrived on Thursday (October 16, 2025), marking an early onset ahead of its usual arrival date of October 20. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, declared the simultaneous exit of the Southwest monsoon from the country and the onset of the Northeast…
Ahead of the onset of Northeast monsoon this month, residents have complained about the dumping of debris from the Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Elevated Corridor Project at several locations of the Cooum, hindering its flow. The flood risk in areas such as Egmore, Chintadripet, Nungambakkam, Chetpet, Choolaimedu, Aminjikarai, Anna Nagar, and Koyambedu is high this year owing…
Children being taken to school in the rain, in Salem on Friday. | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan After a spell of widespread thunderstorm activity, the intensity is likely to ease, with scattered rainfall continuing particularly over north Tamil Nadu until the weekend. A gradual dip in rainfall, which may be confined to one or…
Heavy rain at Ennore Express Highway, Manali in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Manali and its neighbourhood in Chennai experienced cloudburst and many areas received heavy rainfall on Saturday (August 30, 2025) night. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, Manali and its neighbourhood recorded 10.6 cm of rain from 10 p.m. to…
Rains lash Arani main road, on Saturday | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy The prevailing upper-air circulation over the southeast Bay of Bengal is expected to bring scattered rainfall and thunderstorms across Tamil Nadu, helping to moderate temperatures until May 20, 2025. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has forecast that intense rainfall in parts of…
