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Images of nearly knee-deep water inundating several streets in Chennai, Kanchipuram, and Thiruvallur appeared on social media.

According to IMD, the city awoke to light fog in the morning, and by the afternoon and evening, the sky will partly clear.

Weaker monsoon winds and drier weather in India are linked to El Nino conditions, which are caused by warming waters in the Pacific Ocean close to South America.

Typically, the monsoon season begins in the national capital on June 27 and ends on September 25

Over the next five days, the rest of the nation was expected to have isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall, according to the IMD.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'Red' Alert and 'Orange' Alert for most of the districts of Uttarakhand from August 11 to August 14.

The administrations of Thane and Palghar announced a holiday for Friday for junior colleges and schools due to the expected heavy rain in the area.

The abrupt downpour in Hyderabad and Secunderabad has plunged the cities into chaos. Anticipating heavy rains in the twin cities, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for the upcoming five days.

According to officials, the incessant rains have caused a major loss to infrastructure in the state while also resulting in the loss of lives.

These include the states of Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, and Maharashtra (apart from the coastal region)...