Rains Ravage Tamil Nadu, 985 Power Poles, 500 Trees Uprooted

Rains are ravaging Tamil Nadu again. Battering the state for the second day running, rains claimed five lives in the state. As many as four persons died in rain-related incidents in different places and one was killed in a wall collapse in Thanjavur district.

As many as 985 electric poles and more than 500 trees were uprooted in Kanyakumari district alone. A Cell phone tower has fallen on a building in Nagercoil.

Water logging has been reported from several places. Normal life was disrupted in several areas of Chennai city due to water-logging. As a precautionary measure, schools in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts were closed. The weather department has predicted rain or thundershowers at most places over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and at many places over interior Tamil Nadu for the next four days. According to the weather department, the upper air cyclonic circulation over Southwest Bay of Bengal near Sri Lanka moved westward and was now positioned over Gulf of Munnar.