CHENNAI: Heavy rain lashed Chennai, Puducherry, and several coastal districts of Tamil Nadu over the past 24 hours. It was triggered by multiple weather systems over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, said a depression had formed over the southeast Arabian Sea, while another system was likely to develop over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off the north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coasts within the next 12 hours.

RMC’s latest forecast predicted that heavy rain was likely at isolated places over Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Ranipet on Wednesday. Similarly, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Chengalpattu districts and Puducherry were expected to receive heavy rain on October 24.

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