Remnant of weakened Cyclonic Storm Ditwah, to further weaken, heavy rains forecast for Chennai

Chennai, Dec. 1 -- The remnant of Cyclonic Storm Ditwah, which has weakened into a DeepDepression, will further weaken into a Depression by noon on Monday, as it closed in on Chennaicoast, even as Met office has forecast heavy rains for the city and its neighbouring districts.

With the system moving closer to Chennai and North Tamil Nadu coast, incessant rains lashedthe city and its adjoining districts since last evening and continued this morning.

In an update early this morning, Met office said the Deep Depression (Remnant of Cyclonic StormDitwah) over southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts movednorthwards with the speed of 10 kmph during past 6 hours.

It now lay centered over the same region, about 90...