Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam

After a very active Sunday when intense rains lashed Chennai and many places surrounding it the expectations run high for rainfall from the citizens.  While Monday saw some isolated rains happen in North Coastal Tamil Nadu the rain bands though went to the south of Chennai with parts of Kanchipuram enjoying these evening thunderstorms.  Similarly…

Intense thunderstorms lashed many parts of Chennai as it got the heaviest spell of rains in more than 6 months, to be precise since the day of Cyclone Vardah landfall, with many places seeing intense cloudburst type conditions.  While Meenambakkam already recorded a day of 5 cms on 6th July the city observatory continued to…

As Southwest Monsoon continues to be weak over West Coast of India, parts of Tamil Nadu have been receiving convective evening thunderstorms.  On the one hand while most Chennaites look forward to getting a spell or two of these thunderstorms in order to replenish the ground water resources locally one should keep in mind the…

The evening thunderstorms continue to provide some respite to parts of Tamil Nadu with isolated rains seen in many places along the coast yesterday as well while one or two places in the interiors got some rains.  While Chennai saw rains in many places on Thursday yesterday saw sharp showers in a few places with…

A day after what was the hottest day in more than a month overnight Rains lashed many parts of Chennai with some areas of the city recording intense thunderstorms.  In what was a fairly good day for Coastal Tamil Nadu all the way from Tiruvallur district to Delta districts rains were recorded in many places…