Met Dept issues orange alert for TN’s coastal districts on Friday, Saturday
The Hindu
Low pressure area to bring heavy rainfall over southern and coastal districts; other parts of the State may also get moderate rains
A low pressure area that has formed over the central parts of South Bay of Bengal, is likely to bring widespread rainfall over Tamil Nadu from Friday. Heavy-intensity rainfall is likely to be witnessed over a number of districts over the coastal and southern region, as the system moves towards the Tamil Nadu coast.
The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai has issued an orange alert for coastal districts of the State as heavy rainfall is likely to occur over a few places and the intensity may increase to ‘very heavy’ (between 11.5 cm and 20.4 cm) in one or two places on Friday and Saturday. The orange alert indicates that government authorities must be prepared to handle weather-related events.
Officials noted that the low pressure area has formed under the influence of the cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. The weather system is likely to move westwards towards the TN coast during the next three days and bring heavy to very heavy rainfall between October 29 to October 31 over some parts of the State.