Tamil Nadu braces for heavy downpours. A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal is intensifying. Chennai and coastal districts are on alert. Heavy rainfall is also expected in delta regions. Tourists are advised to postpone hill station trips.

The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for today and tomorrow in a few delta districts in Tamil Nadu. The alert has been issued in light of a building low pressure system in southeast Bay of Bengal.

Well-marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal to bring widespread moderate rainfall in Tamil Nadu till Friday.

Heavy rainfall is likely in isolated places of Thanjavur, Sivagangai, Pudukkottai, and Tiruchirappalli districts of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.

Today, heavy to very heavy rain is expected to pour over isolated places in Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukkottai and Mayiladuthurai and Karaikal.

IMD predicted heavy rainfall for the regions which are still recovering from the effects of Cyclone Fengal as the weather system is expected to approach the Tamil Nadu coast later in the day.

Chennai and other districts, including Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Villuppuram, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Sivaganga, and Ramanathapuram, are also likely to experience heavy rain at isolated locations.

Cyclone Fengal, which made landfall over Tamil Nadu's coastal regions on Saturday, has wreaked havoc, leaving at least 19 dead and causing widespread damage. The storm intensified into a

Cyclone Fengal took an unusually slow and erratic path, covering 500 km in five days. Classified as unique by meteorologists, it stayed stationary fo

A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal triggers IMD alerts for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, with heavy to very heavy rainfall expected across multiple districts in the coming days.