The IMD has issued an orange alert for Chennai and six other Tamil Nadu districts due to heavy rain from a depression in the Bay of Bengal. Waterlogging has been reported, prompting food support in Amma canteens for affected residents.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for seven districts in Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, Vellore, and Ranipet. A yellow alert has also been issued for certain areas of the state on Thursday,

The weather department has warned of heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu and its neighbouring areas for the next few days. The schools were shut due to the incessant rainfall in tech cities- Chennai and Bengaluru.

The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert in seven Tamil Nadu districts including Chennai, Vellore and Ranipet.

Schools across Chennai and parts of Andhra Pradesh were closed on Wednesday due to incessant rainfall and IMD's warning.

In the wake of this cyclonic storm, very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely to lash parts of Tamil Nadu, South Andhra Pradesh and very heavy rainfall over Kerala & South Interior Karnataka today,

The rigorous northeast monsoon is expected to bring more rains in the coming days to Tamil Nadu, coastal Andhra Pradesh and parts of Karnataka. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the monsoon is very severe over Tamil Nadu and will bring heavy rains to Chengalpattu,