Hundreds of locals and members of the Indian diaspora community braved heavy rain to give a rousing reception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Colombo late Saturday evening as he arrived from Bangkok on a State Visit at the invitation of Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Close on the heels of cyclone Fengal, which devastated northern Tamil Nadu, heavy rains under the influence of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal continues to lash the state and neighbouring Puducherry.
The Japan Meteorological Agency on Saturday issued an emergency heavy rain warning for Kagoshima's Yoron Town, urging maximum caution due to the increased risk of landslides and flooding.
Heavy rains caused by a recent tropical depression have killed at least five people, including two minors, in Panama.
City is expected to get drenched under an impending cyclone in the Andaman Sea.
Forecasts for heavy rain due to cyclone Dana have prompted the upper dams of the Damodar Valley to scale up discharge after the Monday midnight hours, the senior hydrology officials stated today.
Heavy rain continued in Chennai and surrounding districts in Tamil Nadu for the second consecutive day, marking the arrival of the northeast monsoon.
Even as the Met office has advanced the red alert for extreme heavy rainfall for Chennai and neighbouring districts to Tuesday evening itself, many areas of the city and its suburbs are already flooded with knee-deep water as heavy downpour continued since the early hours.
The incessant rain for the last three days have put the Dwarakeswar river in spate with breaches developing at many parts of the dams on it.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Thursday, predicted heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and their adjacent region over the next two to three days.
