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Coimbatore receives second highest rainfall in Tamil Nadu

COIMBATORE: Coimbatore received the second highest rainfall in the state next to Nilgiris in the 24 hours ending Sunday morning. According to a statement issued by state disaster management minister K K S S R Ramachandran, Coimbatore received 19.91 mm rainfall as against the average of 2.71mm from 16 districts that received rainfall. Chinnakallar received the highest rainfall in Coimbatore. Nilgiris topped the state receiving 28.54mm rainfall.

The southwest monsoon itself was bountiful for the state. Tamil Nadu as a whole had received 269 mm rainfall during the SW monsoon period from June 1 till August 6, which was 102 % more than the normal rainfall received during the season, Ramachandran said in the statement.

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