Rains again in Chennai, suburbs; schools repoen

November 07, 2017 11:07

After a day's respite, rains lashed parts of the city and its neighbourhood today even as schools reopened after a week-long holiday. Showers were reported in parts of the city such as Mylapore, Royapettah and Mandaiveli and Tambaram and Chengalpattu in neighbouring Kancheepuram district. Rains also lashed parts of Tiruvallur district.

The weather office has forecast more showers with heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places in southern Tamil Nadu and Karaikkal in neighbouring Puducherry today. Light to moderate rain was likely in the city and its neighbourhood, it said.

Schools in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts which remained closed since October 31 in the wake of torrential rains reopened today. -- PTI

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