Heavy rain disrupted normal life across several parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, October 27, flooding roads and homes, damaging infrastructure and causing prolonged power outages, IANS reported. The weather department forecast scattered showers over the Western Ghats districts and southern parts of the state.

Source: IANS via Hi India

In Tirupattur district, roads in the Vayampattu area were submerged following heavy rainfall, leaving motorists struggling to negotiate waterlogged stretches and disrupting movement for residents travelling through the locality.

Urban areas of Sivaganga experienced heavy rain accompanied by a power outage lasting more than 10 hours, compounding difficulties for residents already dealing with the wet weather, according to the IANS report carried by Nation Press.

Source: Nation Press

Road damaged in Coimbatore, water enters Kodaikanal homes

In Coimbatore district, downpours lashed Puliyamarathupalayam, Sulur and Varapatti, and a tarred road in Puliyamarathupalayam was damaged, affecting access for road users. In the Tharangambadi area of Mayiladuthurai district, students travelled to school in the rain, with many arriving drenched.

Heavy rainfall in Kodaikanal substantially increased the flow at the Silver Cascade waterfall, and water entered houses in the Thoppikanal area, severely affecting normal life. Meanwhile, Army personnel were engaged in clearing and repairing a landslide-affected stretch of the hill road leading to Udhagamandalam.

Cyclone warning in the Bay of Bengal

The weather department warned that a cyclone moving towards the west-central Bay of Bengal was expected to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm, with a projected landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, near Yanam, Nation Press reported. Forecasts pointed to light to moderate rain at one or two places in the Western Ghats and southern districts on Tuesday, with a gradual easing expected over the following days.