Tamil Nadu: Heavy rain lashes Thoothukudi district

Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 6 : Heavy rain lashed Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi on Saturday evening for more than an hour in several parts of the district.
Many, including students returning home after class hours, were affected by the rain due to traffic snarls and other inconveniences.
Kovilpatti Nagar, Inammaniyachi, Chitangulam, Ilupbaiyurani, Mooppanpatti, Pandavarmangalam, Manditoppu, and Nalatin Puthur were the places in the district where the rain was heavy, a weather official said.
Meanwhile, heavy rainfall in the Western Ghats caused a flash flood at the Old Courtallam Falls at the foothills of the mountain range in Tamil Nadu's Tenkasi on Saturday.
Due to this flooding, tourists are prohibited from bathing near the waterbodies adjacent to the Old Courtallam Falls, which is a major tourist attraction in the district.
Though the weather is now pleasant, the water level downstream of the falls has not receded yet.
As today is a weekend, several tourists visited the waterfalls, but many said they were disappointed to find out that they were not allowed to bathe in the water body.
Tamil Nadu has witnessed unprecedented rains this year. At first, Cyclone Michaung brought heavy rains to Chennai and surrounding districts, leaving a destruction trail. Recently, Tamil Nadu's southern districts witnessed heavy rainfalls.
Due to the rains, the state has incurred heavy losses of public and private property, running into crores.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has sought Rs 12,000 crore in central assistance and Rs 7,300 crore of immediate relief for the damages in the flood.