Indian Meteorological Department predicts more rainfall as the low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal could bring more rains next week in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, which were recently hit by severe cyclonic storm 'Nivar' on Thursday. The low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal on November 30 might bring more rains to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from 1 December. Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Chennai, S Balachandran said , the system was likely to intensify into a depression later.
"A low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal during the next 48 hours. It is very likely to intensify into a depression on 30 November and move towards the Tamil Nadu coast. As a result, there will be widespread rains in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry between 1 and 3 December", he said. DG forecast light to moderate rains in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next two days in some places. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said extremely heavy rainfall was also recorded at isolated places over Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh while rain/thundershowers were observed at most places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalseema, a few places over Telangana and at isolated places over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh among others.
The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam and Andaman and Nicobar Islands while it has said thunderstorm with lightning may occur at isolated places over Rayalseema, Kerala & Mahe and Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam.
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