Chennai: Regional Meteroglogical Centre, Chennai has said that there will be rains in 25 districts of Tamilnadu for the next 24 hours.

The MET department said that there will be rains with thunderstorms in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Ramanathapuram districts.

The department added that there will be chances of medium rains in Cuddalore, Mayiladudhurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Perambalur districts.
The rains are said to be the effect of the upper air circulation present over the coastal areas.

Heavy rain that lashed central districts over the past few days got more intense on Wednesday, leaving several urban areas inundated and destroying thousands of acres of paddy crops in the delta region.

Thambirabarani river was flooded, leaving several villages and town areas along its course inundated.