Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 03: Heavy rain lashed a number of parts of Chennai on Thursday night leading to waterlogging and traffic jams in all areas.

Chennai has been observing isolated rains for the past few days.

Continuous rainfall has disorder l the rotation of lives of people, with authorities being forced to close schools and colleges.

Rainwater has gathered at a number of areas on the outskirts of Chennai, while residents have to put great effort through knee-deep water outside their homes.

According to Skymet weather, more rainfall is likely over entire Tamil Nadu along with Chennai in the next 24 hours.

The Tamil Nadu Meteorological Department previously gave warning of heavy rainfall at a few places in the state in the next 24 hours.

"In 24 hours, heavy rainfall is expected in few places in the north coastal region, while heavy to very heavy rainfall in the south coastal region," said Meteorological Department official S Balachandran.

The department declared that widespread rainfall is also likely over the coastal region in the next 24 hours.

"Fairly widespread rain of moderate intensity over the interior region," quoted the MeT Tamil Nadu.