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Ditwah LIVE: Rain continues to lash Tamil Nadu; India sends mobile field hospital to Sri Lanka

The remnant of Cyclone Ditwah continued to trigger heavy rainfall in Chennai and its neighbouring districts on Tuesday (December 2, 2025). While parts of northern Tamil Nadu are likely to receive heavy rain till Wednesday morning, it may be the turn of districts along the ghat areas on Wednesday (December 3, 2025), as the system moves inland. Chennai is also likely to experience moderate rainfall on Wednesday.

The slow-moving remnant of the cyclone weakened into a well marked low pressure area over North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts and neighbourhood. It is very likely to continue to move southwestwards slowly across north coastal TN and Puducherry and weaken further into a low-pressure area during next 24 hours.

Also read: Cyclone Ditwah: 334 dead, over 300 missing in Sri Lanka

Meanwhile, a C-17 transport aircraft of the IAF on Tuesday airlifted a para field hospital unit from Agra to Colombo, while the Indian Army deployed an integrated task force -- a self-contained composite HADR contingent -- under Operation Sagar Bandhu to provide critical relief, restore essential services and support families in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka.