North east monsoon has been vigorous in many parts of Tamil Nadu leading to heavy rain in southern and interior regions. Continuous heavy rain has led to filling up of dams and lakes in Tirunelveli Tirupur Theni and Dindugul. Excess water is being released from many dams including Papanasam and Amaravathy dams.
A special Passport mela will be organized in three passport seva kendras of Chennai on Saturday exclusively for rain flood affected people of Chennai passport region. In Nagapattinam 264 KM of roads were damaged because of heavy rain and 625 electric posts were uprooted in storm. Fishermen are not venturing out into the sea in the district as sea is rough.