The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecast heavy rain across 11 districts of Tamil Nadu on Saturday as a developing weather system over the Bay of Bengal begins to intensify.

According to the latest bulletin, an atmospheric circulation over the southern Andaman Sea has created favourable conditions for the formation of a low-pressure area in the southeast Bay of Bengal later on Saturday. The system is likely to move in a west-northwest direction and strengthen into a well-marked low over the next 48 hours.

Further intensification is possible as it continues its trajectory towards the Indian coast. In view of this evolving system, the RMC has predicted widespread rain across southern and delta districts.

Heavy rainfall is likely in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothuk

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