Red alert has been issued for nine districts in Tamil Nadu for October 16

CHENNAI: The Regional Meteorological Center (RMC) has issued a red alert for nine districts in Tamil Nadu, including Chennai and surrounding districts, on Wednesday.

It said that Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts and Puducherry and Karaikal areas are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rain at some places and extremely heavy rain at one or two places become.

An Extremely Heavy Rainfall Warning is issued if there is a chance that some locations in the region will receive more than 8 inches of rainfall.

Apart from this, an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall (11.5 cm to 20.5 cm) has been issued for Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Thanjavur districts for the same day.

The RMC has issued an orange alert for the possibility of heavy to very heavy rain at some places, with extremely heavy rain occurring at one or two places in Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts and Karaikal area on Tuesday.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over Ranipet, Tiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Perambalur and Thanjavur districts and Puducherry on Tuesday.

RMC has also confirmed the formation of a low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal, which is expected to become prominent over the next two days and shift towards north Tamil Nadu.