Relentless downpour in Chennai is expected to continue even today as another depression is found over Southwest Bay of Bengal. A torrential downpoir is accompanied by lightning and thunder storms.
Earlier on Tuesday, a depressionw as found 240 km southeast of Chennai. Chembarambakkam received the highest volume of rainfall of 11 cm, Guindy registered 9 cm and both Meenambakkam and Nungambakkam received 7 cm till 8.30 a.m.
The rain continued throughout the day and is still going at a steady pace. Due to this rainfall the temperature has fallen to 27.8 degrees. And this is Chennai's first rain for the year.
This has made the residents happy as they have beat the heat. A resident from Koyambed said, "Every time the rain gets heavy I start imagining my house getting flooded. I’m not prepared to go through something similar so soon." The rain is expected to hit coastal areas too.
