This has extended rain activity over Chennai till Dec 1. Chennai will get heavy rainfall (orange alert) on Nov 28 and Dec 1 and heavy to very heavy (yellow alert) on Nov 29 and 30. Cyclone Fengal may form during the next 12 hours and move north-northwestwards towards Tamil Nadu coast during the subsequent two days.

Chennai/IBNS: Parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are bracing for heavy to very heavy rainfall as cyclone Fengal inched closer, media reports said.

The KTCC (Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu) region is predicted to get heavy rains for the next three to four days. As per the weather blogger R Pradeep John (PJ), Nagapattinam, Thanjavur,

A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclone, bringing heavy rainfall to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal. Schools and colleges in Nagapattinam district are closed tomorrow due to the heavy rain warning.

Amid forecast of heavy torrential rainfall due to Cyclone Fengal, authorities have decided to close schools and colleges in Chennai, Chengalpet and Kancheepuram, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai,

A red alert is issued for extremely heavy rain in Cuddalore and Mayiladuthurai on Wednesday, while Chennai remains under a yellow alert.

Chennai's RMC reported that a deep depression in the southwest Bay of Bengal could become a cyclonic storm. Heavy rains have prompted holidays for schools in Tamil Nadu districts and Puducherry on November 27.