As the northeast monsoon has intensified in Tamil Nadu, a red alert has been issued today for the Nilgiris district.
The low-pressure area that had prevailed over the central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal has, since this morning (October 24, 2026), been persisting in the same area as a well-marked low-pressure area. It may further strengthen into a depression and continue to remain over the same regions. It is also moving west-northwestward and intensifying.
Tomorrow (25.10.202) it may intensify into a deep depression and further strengthen into a cyclone over the central-west Bay of Bengal on 26.10.2026. It may then move further west-northwestward and intensify further, possibly moving near the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh over the central-west Bay of Bengal on the morning of the 27th.
Red alert for the Nilgiris today
As a result, on Oct. 24, one or two places in the Nilgiris district may receive extremely heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning and strong winds (at speeds of 0 to 50 km per hour).
In Villupuram, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Kallakurichi, Tiruvannamalai, and Coimbatore districts, and in Puducherry & Karaikal areas, heavy to very heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning and strong winds (at speeds of 0 to 50 km per hour) may occur at one or two places.
Thiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, Pudukottai, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Erode, Tiruppur, Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, and Kanyakumari districts may experience thunderstorms and strong winds, along with heavy rain at speeds of up to 50 km per hour.
Red alert for 3 districts tomorrow
On 25-10-2026, Theni, Dindigul, and Madurai districts may experience extremely heavy rain in one or two places, along with thunderstorms and strong winds at speeds of 0 to 50 km per hour.
In Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Karur, Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, and Sivaganga districts, as well as in Karaikal areas, heavy to very heavy rain may occur at one or two places, accompanied by thunder and lightning and strong winds (with speeds of up to 50 km per hour).
Thunderstorms and strong winds, with wind speeds of up to 50 km per hour, along with heavy rain, may occur in one or two places in Thiruvallur, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Namakkal, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Marodu, Virudhunagar, and Kanyakumari districts, as well as in Puducherry, according to the Meteorological Department.
