Mild showers in the plains and heavy rain in the hilly terrain herald the delayed onset of South West monsoon.
In the last 24-hour that ended at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday, The Nilgiris had recorded the highest of 922.90 mm rainfall leaving the average at 54.29 mm, while Coimbatore recorded a total rainfall of 256 mm and the average rainfall stood at 21.38.
In The Nilgiris, the highest of 240 mm was recorded at Upper Bhavani, followed by 225 in Avalanche, 117 in Emerald, 63 in Devala, 52 in Ketti, 46 in K. Bridge, 43 in G. Bazaar, 44.50 in Naduvattam, 36 in Glenmorgan, 23 in Geddai, 8 in Kallatty, 13.50 in Udhagamandalam, 5.45 in Coonoor, 1.50 in Kotagiri, 2 in Kodanadu and 3 in Kinnakorai. Rain continued on Saturday as well resulting in uprooting of trees at five places at Municipal Office, GH, TR Bazaar and at ninth mile on Ooty – Gudalur road.
Uprooting of trees and disruption in power supply kept the rescue teams and Tangedco personnel on their toes.
In Coimbatore, Chinnakallar recorded highest of 77 mm, Pollachi 60, Cincona 47, Valparai taluk 44, Valparai PAP 24.
As far as catchments in PAP reservoirs are concerned, Sholayar recorded the highest of 100 mm rainfall followed Lower Nirar 85, Upper Nirar 77, Parambikulam 52, Makkinampatti 89, Manakadavu 75.2, Sultanpet 37 and Negamam 60.
Storage in reservoirs in ft are as follows (full reservoir level in brackets); Shoalayar 56.96 (160), Parambikulam 15.02 (72), Aluyar dam 105.45 (120), Thirumurthy dam 26.14 (60) and Amaravathi dam 54.43 (90).
