Tamil Nadu, Oct. 24 -- Several parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal experienced widespread moderate to heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours, with intense showers recorded in northern and southern districts, the Meteorological Department said on Friday.

According to rainfall data released by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, Pallipattu in Tiruvallur district recorded the highest rainfall of 15 cm, followed by Nalumukku (Tirunelveli) 12 cm and Oothu (Tirunelveli) 11 cm.

Other notable rainfall amounts (in cm) include Arakonam (Ranipet) 10, Balamore, Pechiparai AWS (Kanyakumari), and Zone 14 Medavakkam (Chennai) with 9 each. Kakkachi (Tirunelveli) recorded 8 cm, while several places such as Thiruvalangadu (Tiruv...