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Daijiworld Media Network- Mangaluru (RJP)

Mangaluru, May 17: Heavy rains have started pouring in almost all parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts as of Tuesday evening May 17.

As parts of Tamil Nadu continued to receive rains for the second day today, the MeT department in Chennai said the low pressure area over Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and is likely to bring heavy rainfall in the next two days in coastal areas of the southern states.

"The low pressure over north Sri Lanka and adjoining areas of Gulf of Mannar and southwest Bay of Bengal has moved and intensified into depression and as of 8.30 hours today is located 240 kilometres South East of Chennai," Regional Meteorological Centre Director S Balachandran told reporters.

During the next 24-48 hours, the depression is expected to further intensify into a deep depression, he said asking fishermen not to venture out to sea.

Under its influence, heavy rainfall is likely over coasts of North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, South Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep. There would be heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next 24 hours in many parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, he said.

(With PTI inputs)