The IMD issued a red alert for several districts in Tamil Nadu on November 27. Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely over Coastal Tamil Nadu & Puducherry on November 27. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is also very likely over Coastal Tamil Nadu & Puducherry and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam from November 28 to 30. Heavy rainfall at isolated places is also likely over coastal Tamil Nadu & Puducherry on December 1 and 2.
On November 27, a red alert was issued for the districts of Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Karaikal.
IMD issued an Orange alert for Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Ariyalur, Thanjavur and Pudukkottai.
Coastal parts of Tamil Nadu have already received heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours.
The amount of rainfall recorded are: Cuddalore-97mm, Karaikal-96mm, Atiramapattinam -81mm and Parangipettai-68mm. Meenambakkam and Nungambakkam also recorded moderate rainfall of 60mm and 55mm, respectively.