It will be a wet weekend in Chennai, says Meteorological department

According to a bulletin of weather department, the sky condition in the city will be generally cloudy. Rain or thundershowers is likely to occur in some areas during evening or night.

The situation will be similar in the districts also in the next two days.

The rains have come as a boon to many areas which were reeling under acute water scarcity.

Meanwhile, several districts across the state witnessed widespread downpour on Thursday. Srivilliputtur in Virudhunagar district recorded the highest rainfall of 8 cm rainfall.

The following is the amount (in cms) of rainfall recorded in various places (districts in the brackets) as per the readings ending at 8.30 am on Friday:

Neyveli (Cuddalore) - 7,  Sankaridurg(Salem), Cuddalore (Cuddalore), Devala (The Nilgiris), Bhoothapandy (Kanyakumari) - 5 each, Vadipatti (Madurai), Ponneri (Tiruvallur), Bhavani (Erode), Mylady (Kanyakumari), Aravakurichi (Karur) - 4 each, Nilakottai (Dindigul), Kumarapalayam (Namakkal), Nagercoil (Kanyakumari), Panruti (Cuddalore), Surangudi (Thoothukudi)