CHENNAI: IMD’s Chennai Regional Meteorological Center has predicted thunder and lightning in the city over the next few hours on Friday night. Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning very likely at one or two places in Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Erode, Salem, Coimbatore, Thiruppur, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Thirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts. Tamil Nadu during the next three hours, the IMD said in a statement.
The Meteorological Department further said that there is a possibility of light to moderate rain at one or two places in different areas. “Light to moderate rain at one or two places very likely over Tiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, Ranipet, Vellore, Thirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Karur, Namakkal, Nilgiris and Sivagangai districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. ” Next three hours,” the statement further read.
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Earlier, on Thursday, March 17, IMD’s Mumbai Regional Meteorological Center had predicted thunderstorm and lightening in Maharashtra. IMD said earlier, places in Raigad, Pune, Ahmednagar, Satara, Solapur, Nanded, Dhule districts during next 3-4 hours.
Besides this, the IMD also advised people to take necessary precautions in anticipation of wet and stormy weather. In Nagpur, the IMD has also issued a yellow alert for three days and an orange alert for 24 hours in some parts of the state.
An IMD official said, “There is a possibility of storm, wind and lightning in some districts of Vidarbha.” There is a possibility of hailstorm in Gadchiroli, Gondia, Yavatmal and Nagpur. Orange alert has been issued for the next 24 hours and yellow alert for the next three days.
Heavy rain lashed several parts of Hyderabad on Thursday, bringing much-needed respite from the scorching summer heat and bringing down the temperature a few notches below normal at some places. Parts of Vikarabad district, Marpalli village and Zaheerabad in Telangana received rain accompanied by strong winds and hailstorm on Thursday.