Heavy rain is likely to occur over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next 24 hours, as a low pressure is likely to form over the Southeast Bay of Bengal around October 21, the Regional Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

For the next 24 hours, the department predicted heavy rain in the ghat areas of Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Erode, Tiruppur, Theni and Tenkasi districts in Tamil Nadu and also in Kerala.

For Chennai and its neighbourhood district, the Met department predicted there may be one or two spells of light-moderate rain with thunderstorm and lightning likely to occur in some areas.

Tamil Nadu has been receiving heavy rainfall over the last two-three days following the onset of the North East Monsoon on October 16.

Meanwhile, on the amount of rainfall recorded in Tamil Nadu,

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