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Chennai / New Delhi: Rains will continue to batter Tamil Nadu for the next seven days and the next 48 hours are “very crucial”, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.
IMD director-general Laxman Singh Rathore attributed the heavy rains to a “trough of low” over Southwest Bay of Bengal off Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka coast which will continue to bring rains over the next three days.
Thereafter, the state will see an anti-cyclone activity which will be associated with “heavy rains” at some places. “The phenomenon will continue for the next seven days, but the next 48 hours are very crucial. Neighbouring states will also see rainfall activity,” Mr Rathore said.
He said the Union home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi chaired a high-level meeting with the “stake holders”, including officials of National Disaster Management Authority, which was attended by Tamil Nadu chief secretary through a video conference. The IMD also briefed about the weather forecast.
