Chennai, Oct 25: A red alert has been issued for Theni, Dindigul and Madurai districts, with the Regional Meteorological Centre forecasting extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places on Sunday as the northeast monsoon remains vigorous over Tamil Nadu, IANS reported. The three districts could receive more than 20 centimetres of rain at one or two locations, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds.

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An orange alert has also been issued for Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchi, Karur, the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Sivaganga districts, besides the Karaikal region, where heavy to very heavy rainfall with thunder and lightning is likely, the report said.

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The Nilgiris recorded exceptionally heavy rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Saturday, the weather department said. Burliar registered the highest rainfall of 25 centimetres, followed by Lower Kotagiri Estate with 20 centimetres and Coonoor with 17 centimetres.

Fishermen in Tamil Nadu have been barred from venturing into the sea until October 29 as a weather system over the Bay of Bengal threatens to intensify, Tezzbuzz reported. The low-pressure area over the Bay intensified into a depression on Saturday and is expected to become a deep depression on Sunday and a cyclonic storm by Monday morning, moving towards the Andhra Pradesh coast by the morning of October 28, the weather department said.

Source: Tezzbuzz