Puducherry Heavy Rains

North coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are expected to experience light to moderate rainfall in most places and isolated heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning, decreasing thereafter, according to the latest IMD bulletin.

Schools are shut in Chennai today due to heavy rainfall across Tamil Nadu. Institutions in adjoining Thiruvallur district and Puducherry, a Union territory, too have declared rain holiday.

As rains lashed many parts of Tamil Nadu, the educational authorities in Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, and Villupuram districts of Tamil Nadu have declared school holidays.

As the deep depression over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm Mandous, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday morning issued an alert for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh.

Heavy overnight rainfall led to waterlogging in parts of Chennai on Friday while schools and colleges remain closed in 14 districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in view of the weather situation.

The government and private schools in Puducherry and Karaikal will remain closed for two days, November 4 and November 5 due to heavy rain alerts in both regions.

Joint Director of Education V G Sivakami said in a press release on Thursday that in view of the rains battering Puducherry and Karaikal regions, all schools would remain closed in the two regions on November 19

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted in 24 districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today, according to the weather department's forecast. The Tamil Nadu region has been reeling under waterlogging and flooding over the weekend.

Cyclone Nivar made a late-night landfall near Puducherry. The tropical storm has weakened from a "very severe cyclonic storm" to a "severe cyclonic storm" with a wind speed of 100-110 km per hour, gusting up to 120 km per hour, the weather office said in a statement. The coastal states have been bracing for the cyclone - the fifth-strongest categor...

Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are bracing for Cyclone Nivar, which has intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm", expected to intensify further and is barrelling towards the southeast coast. The powerful cyclone is expected to hit the coast, likely near Puducherry, by midnight or early tomorrow, the Met department said. The cyclone could hit t...

Gusty winds and rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu today leaving several areas inundated and authorities have housed over one lakh people in shelters as severe cyclone "Nivar" hurtled towards the coast. Nivar would intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm and it is likely to cross the coast between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry soon, the India Meteoro...

Cyclone Nivar, which will likely become a "very severe cyclonic storm", is expected to make landfall Wednesday evening between Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu (which is around 56 km from state capital Chennai) and Karaikal in Puducherry. Nivar will bring extremely heavy rainfall and winds between 120 and 130 km per hour, with gusts of up to 145 km per h...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during next five days.

The flood situation in Assam improved on Tuesday though one more person died in the deluge while Tamil Nadu and Puducherry recorded heavy rainfall at isolated places.

A small tornado was spotted in Puducherry's Yanam and areas along the Godavari river this afternoon as heavy rain and strong wind ripped through the region. Videos shared widely on social media show water rising towards the clouds in a spiral at the eye of the tornado as people watched in astonishment, capturing the spectacle on their phones.

North coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are expected to experience light to moderate rainfall in most places and isolated heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning, decreasing thereafter, according to the latest IMD bulletin.

Schools are shut in Chennai today due to heavy rainfall across Tamil Nadu. Institutions in adjoining Thiruvallur district and Puducherry, a Union territory, too have declared rain holiday.

As rains lashed many parts of Tamil Nadu, the educational authorities in Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, and Villupuram districts of Tamil Nadu have declared school holidays.

As the deep depression over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm Mandous, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday morning issued an alert for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh.

Heavy overnight rainfall led to waterlogging in parts of Chennai on Friday while schools and colleges remain closed in 14 districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in view of the weather situation.

The government and private schools in Puducherry and Karaikal will remain closed for two days, November 4 and November 5 due to heavy rain alerts in both regions.

Joint Director of Education V G Sivakami said in a press release on Thursday that in view of the rains battering Puducherry and Karaikal regions, all schools would remain closed in the two regions on November 19

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted in 24 districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today, according to the weather department's forecast. The Tamil Nadu region has been reeling under waterlogging and flooding over the weekend.

Cyclone Nivar made a late-night landfall near Puducherry. The tropical storm has weakened from a "very severe cyclonic storm" to a "severe cyclonic storm" with a wind speed of 100-110 km per hour, gusting up to 120 km per hour, the weather office said in a statement. The coastal states have been bracing for the cyclone - the fifth-strongest categor...

Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are bracing for Cyclone Nivar, which has intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm", expected to intensify further and is barrelling towards the southeast coast. The powerful cyclone is expected to hit the coast, likely near Puducherry, by midnight or early tomorrow, the Met department said. The cyclone could hit t...

Gusty winds and rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu today leaving several areas inundated and authorities have housed over one lakh people in shelters as severe cyclone "Nivar" hurtled towards the coast. Nivar would intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm and it is likely to cross the coast between Tamil Nadu and Puducherry soon, the India Meteoro...

Cyclone Nivar, which will likely become a "very severe cyclonic storm", is expected to make landfall Wednesday evening between Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu (which is around 56 km from state capital Chennai) and Karaikal in Puducherry. Nivar will bring extremely heavy rainfall and winds between 120 and 130 km per hour, with gusts of up to 145 km per h...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during next five days.

The flood situation in Assam improved on Tuesday though one more person died in the deluge while Tamil Nadu and Puducherry recorded heavy rainfall at isolated places.

A small tornado was spotted in Puducherry's Yanam and areas along the Godavari river this afternoon as heavy rain and strong wind ripped through the region. Videos shared widely on social media show water rising towards the clouds in a spiral at the eye of the tornado as people watched in astonishment, capturing the spectacle on their phones.