MADURAI/CHENNAI: Heavy rainfall over city and several other districts may mark the arrival of the northeast monsoon on Thursday. IMD has forecast heavy rain (yellow alert) of 6cm to 12cm in 24 hours in Chennai and 21 other districts, including Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpet, and very heavy rain (orange alert) of 12cm to 20cm in four southern districts. Private forecasters said much of the intense rainfall may be over interior districts, while coastal districts could see moderate rain for at least the next five days. “The northeast monsoon rainfall is likely to commence over Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-Karaikal, KeralaMahe, south interior Karnataka, south coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Rayalaseema during the next 24 hours,” said an IMD bulletin on Wednesday. The northeast monsoon is c

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