The IMD has issued an orange alert for Chennai and six other Tamil Nadu districts due to heavy rain from a depression in the Bay of Bengal. Waterlogging has been reported, prompting food support in Amma canteens for affected residents.

Chennai: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a weather alert for parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh due to a depression forming over the Bay of Bengal. Moving towards the coast at 22 km/h,

Chennai: A depression over the West Central and nearby South West Bay of Bengal moved west-northwest at 14 km per hour and crossed the Tamil Nadu and South Andhra Pradesh coasts early Thursday. It made landfall near Chennai,

The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert in seven Tamil Nadu districts including Chennai, Vellore and Ranipet.