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Chennai, The <keyword id="11951117" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vellore" source="Orion">Vellore</keyword> district administration in Tamil Nadu has suspended classes 1-5 in all schools of the district owing to heavy rains. <keyword id="185678" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="water-logging" source="Orion">Water logging</keyword> is witnessed at Konavattam in Chennai- Bengaluru highway. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has announced heavy <keyword id="13195" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rain" source="Orion">rain</keyword>s in six districts of Tamil Nadu. The sudden rain is due to the change in westerly winds, as per the weather department . Rains are likely to lash Vellore, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Ranipet for a short duration. The RMC, in its statement, also said that there will be heavy rains in nine districts of the state on Thursday. Puducherry and Karaikkal will also receive heavy rains. Chennai city is receiving heavy rains as of now. Kumarasamy, a vegetable vendor in Porur market while speaking to IANS said, "Heavy rains have been lashing these areas since today morning and we expect the rains to continue for the whole day as the sky is cloudy and sun has not come out."

Vellore district declares holiday for students of Classes 1 to 5

The <keyword id="6355166" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="india-meteorological-department" source="Orion">India Meteorological Department</keyword> (<keyword id="6366970" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="imd" source="Orion">IMD</keyword>) has predicted isolated <keyword id="13195" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rain" source="Orion">rain</keyword> with thunderstorms in many parts of <keyword id="20154" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="tamil-nadu" source="Orion">Tamil Nadu</keyword> from Monday to Thursday. Meanwhile, heavy rain is likely to lash <keyword id="243513" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="kanniyakumari" source="Orion">Kanniyakumari</keyword>, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Theni, Erode, Nilgiris, Dharmapuri, and Salem districts. The IMD said that a cyclonic circulation over Tamil Nadu is the reason for the widespread rain in the state. Winds at a speed of 40-50 kph are likely to prevail over the Comorin area, Gulf of Mannar, South Tamil Nadu coast, and South West Bay of Bengal. On Tuesday, heavy to very heavy rains are likely to occur at isolated places over Kanniyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Nilgiris, Salem, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, <keyword id="166382" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="tiruchirapalli" source="Orion">Tiruchirapalli</keyword> districts. Heavy rain is also likely in Virudhunagar, Theni, Dindigul, Namakkal, Vellore, Krishnagiri, and Ariyalur. The IMD has warned fishermen against venturing into the sea. Farmers are also worried as heavy rains would destroy the Kuruvai crops in the delta districts of <keyword id="259057" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="tiruvarur" source="Orion">Tiruvarur</keyword> and Thanjavur. However moderate rains are good for Kuruvai crops. Heavy rain in the past two days have led to water logging in <keyword id="6361828" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="coimbatore" source="Orion">Coimbatore</keyword> and Madurai. Sky condition is likely to be partly cloudy in Chennai with temperatures ranging from 27 degrees to 35 degrees Celsius.

IMD predicts rain in Tamil Nadu from Monday till Thursday

<keyword id="10334003" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="chennai/puducherry">Chennai/Puducherry</keyword>, The very severe cyclonic storm Nivar, crossed <keyword id="4649351" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-tamil-nadu">the Tamil Nadu</keyword> and Puducherry coast late night and early Thursday morning with an estimated wind speed of 120-130 kmph, said <keyword id="3573341" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="The-India-Meteorological-Department">the India Meteorological Department</keyword> (IMD). On its way the cyclone uprooted several trees and power lines in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore, Marakkanam and in Puducherry. Power supply in several areas was disrupted. The concerned administration was removing the fallen trees. In Puducherry also the power supply was disrupted. Puducherry Chief Minister V.Narayanasamy told a news channel that power supply will be restored in a phased manner on Thursday itself. He said, a lot of trees have fallen due to the cyclone and rain in continuing. Narayanasamy said low lying areas were inundated and work was on to drain the water. Fallen trees were being removed. "Power supply was disrupted and it will be soon restored in a phased manner in 12 hours", he said. As regards the cyclone damage to lives and property, Narayanasamy said the assessment will be made and by this afternoon, an estimate of damage will be known. He said 80 relief camps have been set up in Puducherry. Camps have also been set up in Karaikal. Narayanasamy said, "By Gods grace people of Puducherry escaped the fury of Nivar." He also inspected the cyclone damaged areas and urged the people to stay indoors and fishermen not to venture into the seas. In Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district, police said the fallen trees have been removed to ease the flow of traffic. Similarly, the officials of power utility were also on the job to restore power supply wherever it got disrupted due to the cyclone. At Marakkanam near Puducherry, several power poles fell down and the fishermen community requested the Tamil Nadu government to restore the power lines at the earliest. According to the weather department the cyclone lays centered over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry about 25km north of Puducherry with wind blowing at a speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph. In the suburbs of Tamil Nadu capital Chennai, water got logged due to rains affecting the residents as well as traffic flow. Nivar will move northwest wards and weaken further into a cyclonic storm during the next three hours, the IMD said. The cyclone began its landfall on Wednesday night about 10.30 p.m. after moving at a speed of 16 kmph for six hours. In an early morning tweet, Puducherry's Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi said: "Good #MorningNutrition. Puducherry has faced the Cyclone, collectively and resolutely. Making us a stronger and a more experienced team." Even after landfall, the cyclone was likely to maintain its intensity for about six hours and weaken gradually. The sea along the coast was very rough with huge waves were hitting the shores. IMD said, "Under its influence rainfall at most/many places with heavy to very heavy fall at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls are likely to occur over Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Tirupattur, Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu and Chittoor, Kurnool, Prakasam and Cuddappa districts of Andhra Pradesh. Gale wind speed reaching 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph very likely to prevail over interior districts (Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Tirupattur, Vellore) of Tamil Nadu and Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh in the early morning to forenoon, the weather department said. The Puducherry government too has announced Thursday as a public holiday. Twenty five teams from National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed on the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh.

Cyclone Nivar crosses Tamil Nadu and Puducherry disrupting power supply, uprooting trees

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Vellore district declares holiday for students of Classes 1 to 5

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