District collectors of Salem, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Cuddalore & Pudukkottai officially declared holiday today (Thursday, 4th October) for all schools due to incessant heavy rains.
A holiday has been declared for schools in Puducherry also.
The Chennai Meteorological Centre has warned that there are prospects of mild rain in the next 3 days in several places in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry until 5th October. There are prospects of heavy rain in some places.
Around 5th October, it is expected that a low-pressure zone would form over the southeast Arabian Sea. This may intensify to be a depression zone during 6th and 7th October and may drift towards the northwest direction. There are prospecs that this depression may transform into a cyclone.