Reportedly as rains continue to lash Karnataka, the Regional Meteorological Department in its latest bulletin predicts heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts of Tamilnadu. Meanwhile light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Tamilnadu until August 10.
Furthermore as for the capital Chennai, light rain is likely to occur in some areas for the next two days. Meanwhile with cloudy skies, maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 35 and 27 degree Celsius respectively. Hence as of Tuesday morning, Kattankulathur and mahabalipuram received highest rainfall in the city at 25 mm and Kancheepuram recorded 21 mm with Kelambakkam getting 19 mm of rainfall.
Moreover as of August first week (1-6), Chennai has received 25% more rainfall than normal, recording 251.3 mm on the whole. Apparently a flood warning was sounded to people residing on the banks of river Bhavani in Mettupalayam on Monday following the likely discharge of surplus water from the Pilloor reservoir that has a full capacity of 100 feet. Earlier on Tuesday, over 6000 cusecs of water was discharged from Krishnarajasagara (KRS) reservoir in Karnataka to Tamilnadu following heavy rainfall in the Kodagu catchment area.
