Tamil Nadu Rains: On Tuesday, heavy rains lashed Chennai, the coastal and interior districts of Tamil Nadu. Chennai, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and several other parts of the state were drenched by incessant showers and it led to the closure of schools.

Schools in Ariyalur, Tanjore, Thanjavur, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Pondicherry/Kariakkal, Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore districts are closed on Tuesday due to incessant rain that battered these districts. Schools in Chennai and Tiruvallur districts will be closed on Wednesday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast the possibility of isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall in the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal on November 14. It issued an orange alert for the mentioned places.

"Heavy to very heavy rain is likely at isolated places over Cuddalore, Villupuram, Chengalpattu, and Kancheepuram districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Heavy rain is also expected at isolated places over Tirupattur, Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvallur, Chennai, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Tiruchirappalli, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai districts of Tamil Nadu, and Karaikal area, as per the weather agency.

On the likely enhanced rainfall activity, the IMD said a low-pressure area is likely to form over the Southeast Bay of Bengal during the next 24 hours due to an upper air cyclonic circulation over the southwest Bay of Bengal and over the South Andaman Sea. It is likely to move west-north westwards and concentrate into a depression over the West-central Bay of Bengal around November 16.

Since the beginning of November, it has been raining widely. Last week, most places in Tamil Nadu received moderate to heavy rain, resulting in severe waterlogging and schools being shut down.

Earlier, State Minister of Housing and Urban Development, S Muthusamy, along with district administration officials, inspected and took stock of the situation in low-lying areas. He also assured that action would be taken to build strong banks on the ponds. Waterlogging was reported in Erode because of the continuous heavy rainfall.