The flooding Chennai rains continue to wreak havoc over the city taking the death toll reportedly to 12 so far. As per the latest update, the city has already recorded 90% of its monthly rainfall within 5 days. Torrential rains have paralyzed most parts of the city wherein, most of the routes are inundated under flooding rains causing the traffic to crawl and creating trouble for locals.
These rains occurred in sheets till late Friday night and with a gap of a few hours, these rains are expected to continue battering the city. In fact, the Thursday night’s rains of 183 mm were the second-highest in a single day for the month which was followed by 246.5 mm of heavy showers in 2015.
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In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am as on Saturday, Minambakkam observatory in Chennai witnessed 20 mm of rain, Nungambakkam 9 mm, light rains are likely by evening. Both the city’s observatories Nungambakkam and Minambakkam recorded heavy rains to the tune of 65.8 mm and 62 mm respectively on Friday. With this, the city has already recorded a whopping 340 mm of rains as against its monthly target of 374.4 mm, recording approx. 90% of its monthly rainfall just in 5 days.
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As per Skymet Weather, these moderate to heavy rains over the state capital can be associated with the low-pressure area over Sri Lanka and adjoining Coast. This system is anticipated to remain over the area and weaken gradually. Due to this weather system, the rains are expected to continue for at least another 2-3 days.
The last night's rains were due to the development of convective clouds. Now, the band of these clouds has moved in the north direction and at present only low or medium clouds are seen prevailing over the city. Therefore, Chennai rains will now lose their intensity and the next spell of moderate showers is expected by evening. Until then, light spells or drizzle will continue.
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