The weather department has forecast that the sky condition in Chennai and its suburbs would remain cloudy.

The state governments of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Andhra Pradesh have deployed the frontliners as the shores of three states are preparing for the landfall of Cyclone Mandous.

The state is getting ready to brace up for another round of very heavy downpours from November 10 and the trend would remain nearly for four days. 

After a high-level meeting of ministers and officials, Chief Minister MK Stalin said that Tamil Nadu may get 35 to 75 percent more rain.

The Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai has predicted that the month of September is likely to get more intense spells.

On Sunday, Chennai and its suburbs had rainy dusk with incessant rainfall and thunderstorms. The sudden downpour has caused major disruption and several areas in the city were waterlogged.

The country's premier weather watchdog has said that this pattern of rainfall would remain from August 1- Monday to August 4 - Thursday. 

Several parts of the city including the downtown and outskirts had witnessed heavy rainfall and the rainfall had inundated important roads in the city.

The Chief Minister had declared a public holiday on Wednesday and he appealed to the people not to exit their residences until everything gets into normalcy.

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