Schools, colleges shut in Chennai for fifth day straight, more rain on cards

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The Tamil Nadu government has announced a holiday for schools and colleges in Chennai for the fifth day on Friday due to relief work in areas adversely affected by the Cyclone Michaung-induced rains...

Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, and Chengalpet bore the brunt of cyclone Michuang, which crossed the coast in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, before it brought heavy rains to the said four districts on December 4...

Light to moderate rainfall at some places with isolated thunderstorms and lightning very likely over Kerala and Mahe during the next 5 days and over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and Lakshadweep during the next 3 days, the Met Office said...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved the first urban flood mitigation project worth 561.29 crore for Integrated Flood Management Project for the Chennai Basin Project, Union home minister Amit Shah said in a statement...

The prime minister directed the ministry of home affairs (MHA) to release in advance the central share of second instalment of SDRF of 493.60 crore to Andhra Pradesh and 450 crore to Tamil Nadu, the two states hit by heavy rain due to Cyclone Michaung...

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