CHENNAI: Widespread heavy rain continued to lash several parts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, on Wednesday, disrupting normal life and prompting weather officials to issue alerts for 12 districts across the state.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has forecast heavy rainfall in the hilly and coastal regions, warning of thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds in parts of the southern and western districts.
The RMC attributed the rain activity to strong moisture-laden easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal interacting with upper-level trough systems over the southern peninsula.