News Desk11 January 2026, 07:08 AM ISTShare Heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places over Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukkottai, Karaikal, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur and Ramanathapuram districts. Representational Image | PTI Chennai: A ‘deep depression’ over the Bay of Bengal has weakened into a ‘depression’ and is very likely to cross the north Sri Lanka coast on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Owing to the weather system, “heavy rainfall” is expected at isolated places over Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukkottai, Karaikal, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur and Ramanathapuram districts. Also Read‘Chin up’: Mammootty pays birthday tribute to ‘Dasettan’ with a heartwarming postWhy Kenishaa Francis says ‘Parasakthi will run only because of Ravi Mohan’‘Got feedback that Parasakthi is bigger than Amaran,’ says Sivakarthikeyan‘The Raja Saab’ collection Day 1: Prabhas' horror-comedy clocks ₹100 crore global openingParasakthi day 1 box office: Sivakarthikeyan film opens at Rs 0.71 cr against Rs 12 cr expectationsKamal Haasan calls for relook into CBFC process amid ‘Jana Nayagan’ controversyMukhya Mantri Dev Darshan Yatra Yojana: First pilgrim train departs Goa for Tamil Nadu In a bulletin, the IMD said the depression was positioned about 50 km southeast of Mullaittivu, 60 km northeast of Trincomalee and 140 km southeast of Jaffna in Sri Lanka.