Chennai receives heavy rainfall throwing life out of gear

Chennai received heavy rains on Monday leading to waterlogging in various parts of the city.

Chennai, Oct 30: It is raining cats and dogs in Chennai, literally. Monday started on a rainy note as the capital city of Tamil Nadu received heavy rainfall throwing life out of gear.

Because of the downpour, several areas have been waterlogged in the city, reported ANI.

#TamilNadu: Waterlogging in areas of #Chennai after heavy rainfall in the region pic.twitter.com/Jhvsln4ojM

— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2017

Earlier the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy rainfall in Chennai and other coastal areas for two days, beginning from Monday.

Chennai and other coastal districts are set to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours, stated IMD officer Balachandran. The Met office has predicted a maximum and minimum temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively, for Chennai on Monday.

According to a report by The Times of India, Chennai airport recorded 5cm rainfall till 8.30am on Monday.

"Nagapattinam district has recorded the maximum of 9cm rain."

As rains created pools of water in various parts of the city, commuters faced harrowing times negotiating the roads.

The rainfall in the city and neighbouring areas was due to the arrival of northeast monsoon.

The heavy rains brought back memories of the 2015 floods in Chennai and other parts of the state causing deaths of many people.

Several people were tweeting about Chennai rains constantly, making #ChennaiRains one of the top trends on Monday.

Here we bring you a few tweets:

Monsoon arrived in Chennai .kind of weather we had been expecting for weeks #ChennaiRains pic.twitter.com/NdCiQPjdo4

— Russells viper (@kingcobra1977) October 30, 2017

Welcome #ChennaiRains pic.twitter.com/trddrHCpgO

— Mrinalini (@Mrinalini1425) October 30, 2017

By Using 4 buckets, I managed to save 75 litres of pure rain water(aftr filtering).Jus 10 mins of a heavy shower. #ChennaiRains #SaveWater pic.twitter.com/7NOlalhh31

— Srinivas Rangaraj⚓ (@srinivas88) October 30, 2017

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