With the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal expected to intensify into a well-marked low-pressure area today, several parts of Tamil Nadu have experienced heavy rainfall since early morning.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has issued multiple weather alerts across the state, warning of very heavy to extremely heavy rain in several districts.
According to the RMC, the weather system currently lies over the southwest Bay of Bengal and is likely to move west-northwestwards towards the northern Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and southern Andhra Pradesh coasts over the next 24 hours.