More heavy rain forecast for today and tomorrow

The Met department predicts extremely heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu on Wednesday (October 16), too, along with coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema region.

The depression over southwest Bay of Bengal has moved further northwestwards and lay about 440 km east-southeast of Chennai, 460 km east-southeast of Puducherry, and 530 km east-southeast of Nellore (Andhra Pradesh).

It is likely to move further west-northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry and Nellore, close to Chennai during early morning of October 17.

Kerala and coastal and south interior Karnataka will receive very heavy rain on Wednesday, while north interior Karnataka and Konkan and Goa will receive heavy rain because of the system.

Very heavy rain is predicted for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and south interior Karnataka on Thursday (October 17) too.