Evening showers bring joy to Chennaities

Chennai, May 21 (UNI) After a continuous heatwave for the past two weeks in the city, today's thunder showers in the evening has brought the heatwave down.

According the MET officials here, apart from the evening showers, early setting of sea breeze in the city also brought the temperature down to 38.9 degree C.

Nungambakkam recorded a maximum temperature of 39.9 degree C (103.82 F), while suburban Meenambakkam registered 40.7 degree C (105.26 F).

The weather office forecasted a partly cloudy sky in Chennai during the next 24 hours, with the possibility of isolated thunder showers in some areas.

UNI