CHENNAI:  Parts of Tamil Nadu have experienced intense rain, and more rain is expected over the next three days, said the Meteorological Department.

The Ramanathapuram district administration has announced a holiday for all educational institutions due to the heavy rainfall. The districts of Dindigul, Madurai, the Nilgiris, Krishnagiri, Cuddalore, Tiruvannamalai, Myladuthurai, Ranipet, Vellore, Erode, Namakkal, Karur, Coimbatore, and Namakkal recorded heavy rain and thunderstorms as well.

The Metrological Department said cyclonic circulation over central portions of the southern Bay of Bengal is to blame for the heavy rain. Rains are likely to be brought on by thunderstorms, and the current weather is expected to last until October 12.

The heavy rains in the southern state before the advent of the north-east monsoon, scheduled to hamper the state in the last week of October, has baffled the metrological department. Nearly all of the state's reservoirs are full, it said.

"Fairly widespread light or moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls & thunderstorm is expected over  Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Telangana on 12th & 13th; North Interior Karnataka on 10th and 11th; South Interior Karnataka during 09th and 11th and over Kerala on 09th and 10th October 2022," IMD said in a bulletin.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K  Stalin has announced that stormwater drains would be completed soon and that instructions have been provided to the Public Works Department to complete the work before the northeast monsoon hits the state.

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