<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, there has been fairly widespread rain in the last twenty-four hours due to the North-East Monsoon. India Meteorological Department in Chennai has said, the well-marked low-pressure area in the West-Central Bay and its adjoining South West Bay has moved towards the Andhra Coast.<br />''<br />''The system in the central parts of the Arabian Sea is gathering steam to concentrate into a Depression by today. Under the influence of the weather systems, light to moderate rain is expected in a few locations in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next two days. Weather officials said, at isolated places in the Delta districts, heavy rain is expected today.<br />''<br />''In the last twenty-four hours, Hogenakkal in Dharmapuri district has recorded the maximum of nine-centimetre rain. Weather officials have said, after the reduced activity for two days, rain may increase again in the state. The inflow into the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur has gone up to nearly fifty thousand cusecs, and the water is being let off fully as it has reached its full level.<br />''<br />''The state administration has readied in advance more than 21-thousand first responders in all the districts to report about any flood-like situation during the monsoon period and to assist officials. </span><br />