With Cyclone Nivar likely to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram on the evening of Wednesday, rains lashed parts of Chennai on Tuesday, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

According to the cyclone warning centre, the deep depression over southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of five km per hour during the past six hours, and intensified into Nivar.