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Date: 6 – 12 November 2021 (3 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 5 days) Location: India (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh) Sri Lanka: Also known as: 2021 Tamil Nadu floods, India-Sri Lanka floods, Chennai floods: Type: Flood: Cause: Depression BOB 05 and a low pressure system associated with the Northeast monsoon: Deaths: 41 total (16 in India; 25 in Sri ...
The 2015 Chennai floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in November–December 2015. They affected the Coromandel Coast region of the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh . [ 12 ]
3.1 The entrance channel tower (date unknown) 3.2 The first tower (1796–1844) ... Chennai lighthouse during monsoon. An improvement of equipment was introduced in ...
2023 Chennai floods, heaving flooding in Chennai in December 2023 due to Cyclone Michaung. [20] 2023 Thoothukkudi-Tirunelveli floods, heaving flooding in Thoothukkudi and Tirunelveli districts in December 2023 due to heavy rainfall. [21] 2024 Wayanad floods occurred after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides, killing at least 123 people. [22]
In 1686, Edmond Halley published his treatise on the Indian summer monsoon, which he attributed to a seasonal reversal of winds due to the differential heating of the Asian landmass and the Indian Ocean. [2] The first meteorological observatories were established in India by the British East India Company.
The Climate of Tamil Nadu, India is generally tropical and features fairly hot temperatures over the year except during the monsoon seasons. The city of Chennai lies on the thermal equator , [ 1 ] which means Chennai and Tamil Nadu does not have that much temperature variation.
Chennai Metro Water said that Poondi is getting an inflow of over 6,000 cusecs of water from Kosasthalaiyar river on 17 November 2015. [7] On 1 December 2015 the northeast monsoon brought heavy rainfall of 40 mm and causing the inflow of 34,887 ( cusecs ) and outflow of 36,484 ( cusecs ), which was the highest inflow and outflow of water ever ...
Chennai (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ n aɪ / ⓘ; Tamil: [ˈt͡ɕenːaɪ̯], ISO: Ceṉṉai), formerly known as Madras, [d] is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.