Chennai: The IMD`s Chennai Regional Meteorological Centre on Friday evening predicted thunderstorms and lightning to lash town over the following few hours. “Light to moderate rain with thunderstorms and lightning is likely to occur at one or two places over Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Erode, Salem, Coimbatore, Thiruppur, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Thirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamilnadu during the next three hours,” the IMD mentioned in an announcement.
The climate division additional mentioned gentle to reasonable rainfall is more likely to happen at one or two locations in numerous areas. “Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Thiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, Vellore, Thirupattur, Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Cuddalore, Karur, Namakkal, Nilgiris and Sivagangai districts of Tamilnadu and Puducherry during the next three hours,” the assertion learn additional.
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Earlier, on March 17, Thursday, the IMD`s Mumbai Regional Meteorological Centre had predicted thunderstorms and lighting in Maharashtra.”Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and light to moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Raigad, Pune, Ahmednagar, Satara, Solapur, Nanded, Dhule during next 3-4 hours,” the IMD mentioned earlier.
Further, the IMD additionally suggested folks to take mandatory precautions in anticipation of moist and stormy climate. The IMD in Nagpur has additionally issued a yellow alert for 3 days and an orange alert for twenty-four hours in a couple of elements of the state.
`There is a chance of rain accompanied with storms, wind and lightning in some districts of Vidarbha,” an IMD official had said.”Hailstorm is more likely to happen in Gadchiroli, Gondia, Yavatmal and Nagpur. An orange alert has been issued for the following 24 hours and a yellow alert has been issued for the following three days,” the official had knowledgeable additional.
Heavy rains lashed a number of elements of Hyderabad on Thursday, bringing much-needed respite amid the summer time warmth and reducing temperatures a couple of notches beneath regular at a couple of locations. Vikarabad district, Marpally village and elements of Zaheerabad in Telangana obtained rains accompanied by gusty winds and hailstorms on Thursday.
