Heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu caused a building collapse in Mayiladuthurai. Schools and colleges are closed in 15 districts due to severe weather and a potential cyclone forming in the Bay of Bengal. The deep depression is currently located southeast of Sri Lanka and is moving north-northwestward.

The deep depression over the Southwest Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into Cyclone Fengal in the next 12 hours.

Chennai/IBNS: Parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are bracing for heavy to very heavy rainfall as cyclone Fengal inched closer, media reports said.

A red alert is issued for extremely heavy rain in Cuddalore and Mayiladuthurai on Wednesday, while Chennai remains under a yellow alert.

Rains lashed several parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, and the India Meteorological Department said the depression over Bay of Bengal has formed into a deep depression and it is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm on November 27.

Parts of Chennai are set to experience five-hour power cuts on Wednesday and Thursday, November 27 and 28, due to maintenance work, as the city grapples with disruptions caused by heavy rains. The rains are the result of a deep depression that could intensify into a cyclonic storm named Cyclone 'Fengal,

According to latest reports, a holiday has been declared for all government and private schools, government-aided schools, and colleges in Puducherry and Karaikal for today, November 27, as confirmed by Puducherry Education Minister Arumugam Namassivayam.

A deep depression in the southwest Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclone today. The Meteorological Department has issued a warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall in various districts of Tamil Nadu.