Weather Update: Heavy rains in Tamil Nadu, yellow alert for 18 districts this weekend

Weather Update: The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a yellowish alert for 18 districts successful Tamil Nadu for Saturday (November 16) and Sunday (November 17). According to an RMC statement, dense rains are expected successful Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Sivaganga, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Cuddalore, Villupuram, and Chengalpattu districts implicit the weekend.

The dense rains are attributed to a cyclonic circulation implicit southbound Tamil Nadu and its surrounding areas.

The remainder of the authorities is apt to acquisition airy to mean rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning successful the coming days.

In Chennai, the entity is expected to beryllium partially cloudy, with mean rains predicted successful immoderate areas during the evening and nighttime.

The RMC has besides forecast dense rainfall successful the northbound coastal districts, including Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, and Kancheepuram, starting November 22.

These districts are expected to person above-normal rainfall from November 22 to 28, portion the remainder of the authorities is apt to person mean to below-normal rainfall during this period.

During the Northeast Monsoon From October 1 to November 15, Tamil Nadu received 276 mm of rainfall. Coimbatore recorded the highest rainfall astatine 418 mm—67 per cent supra the mean level.

While 17 districts, including Chennai, experienced excess rainfall, the remaining districts recorded a deficit.

Since the onset of the monsoon, dense rainfall crossed galore districts has led to a important simplification successful energy consumption.

The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) reported that regular powerfulness depletion successful the authorities dropped to 302 cardinal units, down from 380 cardinal units connected October 1, erstwhile rainfall was scarce.

In September, powerfulness depletion had peaked astatine implicit 400 cardinal units per day.

Tangedo officials explained that the dense rains person reduced the request for aerial conditioning, starring to a important diminution successful some residential and cultivation energy consumption.

Meanwhile, the authorities wellness section has raised concerns astir rising cases of viral diseases. 

Chennai and adjacent districts specified arsenic Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, and Tiruvallur person reported an summation successful fever, influenza, and different viral illnesses.

Additionally, cases of malaria and leptospirosis person been reported from assorted parts of the state. The Tamil Nadu Public Health Department has urged the nationalist to instrumentality other precautions, peculiarly with children, who are much susceptible to infections.

The section has advised radical to ticker for symptoms specified arsenic precocious fever, chills, cough, sore throat, assemblage aches, and headache, and to question aesculapian attraction if these symptoms appear.

Dr Rajani, an entomologist astatine a backstage infirmary successful Chennai, noted a emergence successful fever, headaches, and pharynx infections among some children and the aged since the onset of the Northeast Monsoon.

“The adust cough successful children often lasts much than 2 weeks, which is simply a wide motion of contagious diseases,” Rajani said.

She added that pharynx infections mightiness persist for a fewer days adjacent aft the fever subsides. She besides advised individuals with respiratory, kidney, oregon liver conditions to instrumentality other attraction during this season, which is prone to contagious diseases.