On Tuesday, heavy rainfall lashed Tamil Nadu’s Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, and Chengalpattu districts, resulting in waterlogging and visitors snarls. Amongst a number of visuals of the rain floating on social media, movies of scary but gorgeous lighting strikes captured from totally different areas caught the Web’s consideration.
A video, shared by an X person, captures the brilliant purple hue when the lightning bolt seemingly struck a constructing. The video was reportedly shot close to Sholinganallur.
Watch right here:
#sholinganallur #ChennaiRains pic.twitter.com/9OpkthuSPq
— Frequent man (@common_man_IN_) October 14, 2024
With over 275,04,000 views, the video garnered reactions from many social media customers. “Wow that was some lightning strike. Sensible seize in sluggish movement,” a person wrote. “Haven’t seen one like this in a really very long time.. fantastically captured,” one other person commented.
“Seems like Chennai’s underground batteries are being recharged,” a 3rd person reacted.
One other video capturing the lighting strike from a unique location and angle additionally despatched chills amongst social media customers. The video exhibits a busy street and a number of other automobiles—automobiles and bikes—passing by when the lighting bolt happens.
One other Floor Strike 😱 #ChennaiRains @ChennaiRains pic.twitter.com/tqdHi0JZye
— Saravanan95 (@Saravanan_957) October 14, 2024
An X person shared a video that exhibits lighting strikes illuminating the night time sky, leaving an unbelievable purple hue. “Some good sluggish mo photographs from my balcony! #Chennairains are right here! Keep secure everybody,” the person wrote.
Some good sluggish mo photographs from my balcony! #Chennairains are right here!
Keep secure everybody. pic.twitter.com/Kbo51fmMay
— Coach Sagar (@sagar_coach) October 14, 2024
Within the wake of the heavy downpour, Chief Minister M Okay Stalin declared a vacation for faculties and faculties in Chennai and surrounding districts for Tuesday and instructed staff within the IT sector to make money working from home between October 15 and 18.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) issued a pink alert for a number of districts. Chennai, together with the opposite north Tamil Nadu districts — Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, and Tiruvallur — are prone to obtain as much as 20 cm of rain within the subsequent few days, experiences mentioned.
