The Regional Meteorological Center (RMC) says that four districts in Tamil Nadu will have strong rain and thunderstorms on Saturday.

Theni, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, and Madurai are some of the areas that are expecting a lot of rain.

In these areas, government, supported, and private schools will be closed today because of the weather alert.

The District Collectors have told schools in Tenkasi and Thoothukudi not to hold any classes, not even special ones.

In the same way, the Madurai District Collector has told all schools that they will be closed.

All public, private, and supported schools in the Theni District have also been given the day off.

The RMC also said that it would rain in the Kanyakumari, Virudhunagar, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, and Tirunelveli areas.

Heavy rains are flooding the western districts of Tamil Nadu right now. Many places in Coimbatore and Tiruppur are under a lot of water.

It has rained a lot in parts of Nilgiris, Dindigul, Theni, Tenkasi, Erode, Namakkal, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Villupuram, and Mayiladuthurai, as well as the western districts.

Heavy rains on Wednesday and Thursday caused major floods in Sellur.

The Panthalkudi canal, which takes extra water from the Sellur tank to the Vaigai River, broke its walls several times, flooding a large part of the area.

The 2.6 km river that runs through the city is full right now.

It has rained a lot in the Erode district as well, which has flooded major roads and residential areas.

A lot of homes in Erode city were flooded, and cars were stuck in the railway tunnels at Vendipalayam, which were fully covered.

Modakurichi and Kavindapadi, which are in the suburbs, were also hit hard.

Since the northeast monsoon started on October 15, it has rained a lot in some parts of Tamil Nadu. This has caused floods in the southern and western parts of the state.

The weather service has also warned that there could be thunderstorms with lightning in some parts of Tamil Nadu in the next 24 hours.