Heavy rains across southern India and Sri Lanka kill at least 41 people
November 11, 2021, 7:54 am

Heavy rains across southern India and Sri Lanka kill at least 41 people

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The Arab News reported according to Reuters, heavy rains across southern India and Sri Lanka have killed at least 41 people, adding weather forecasters are expecting the downpours to ease in the next few days as stricken communities pumped out the deluge.

The Indian Meteorological Department forecast light to moderate rain in most affected areas, with occasional flooding of some roads and low-lying areas.

Counterparts in neighboring Sri Lanka said rain there was expected to ease from Thursday as the low pressure that brought the bad weather moved away.

“The worst is over and occasional rains will happen,” said Pradeep John, an amateur forecaster who is widely followed in Tamil Nadu, India’s worst-affected state.

“Today rains will be on and off, with large breaks and nothing alarming.”

Officials said, the rains have killed 25 people in the island nation of Sri Lanka, most of whom drowned, while landslides injured five.

State disaster management minister KKSSR Ramachandran told a news conference that sixteen people were killed in Tamil Nadu.

Many parts of the state capital Chennai, which is India’s auto manufacturing center, were waterlogged and government officials used pumps to drain some communities that had been stranded waist deep.

Officials said, thousands of people in low lying areas were moved to safety.

Many schools and colleges in Tamil Nadu remained closed while some train services were still suspended.

India’s northeast monsoon usually runs from October to December, bringing heavy rain, particularly to the south.

Source: arabnews

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