As Cyclone Fengal intensifies over the Bay of Bengal, Chennai braces for prolonged rainfall expected to continue until December 1. The city has already witnessed heavy downpours, disrupting daily life and raising concerns about waterlogging in low-lying areas.

Cyclone Fengal brings heavy rain and school closures to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Several districts shut schools, but Chennai remains open. The cyclone is expected to make landfall on November 30. Disaster response teams are deployed.

Chennai is set to face significant disruptions in the coming days as power cuts are scheduled to take place on Wednesday and Thursday

Power supply will be temporarily suspended in several areas of Chennai on Thursday from 9 am to 2 pm to facilitate essential maintenance and repair work, even as the city is already facing disruptions due to heavy rains triggered by a deep depression that is likely to become a cyclonic storm.

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.

The cyclone is expected to cross north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram around 30 November morning as a depression with a wind speed of 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph.

Chennai and its suburbs are bracing for heavy rainfall through December 1st due to a slow-moving weather system in the Bay of Bengal. While the system's intensification into Cyclone Fengal is delayed,