Due to a cyclone formation over the Bay of Bengal, the weather department has predicted more and heavy rainfalls in the coming days.
Traffic in Chennai came to a grinding halt in several locations like the arterial GST Road and Anna Salai, affecting traffic bound for airport and other outskirt areas.
The showers caused traffic snarls and inundation, though it brought cheers in several parts hit by water scarcity.
Weather blogger Pradeep John has forecast above normal rainfall this northeast monsoon due to a favourable Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO).
Chennai is bracing itself for another possible deluge with the Met office predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall across coastal Tamil Nadu over the next five days.
Along with this, Northeast Monsoon is also now active over the region.
More spells of rain likely to occur and temperature of the city may vary between 28 and 24 deg Celsius respectively.
But the rain is not expected to be as heavy it was 2015 when Chennai was flooded for three days.
Several schools in the state were closed ahead of schedule as the city experienced heavy showers.
He said the corporation had over 450 water pumps which would be used in low-lying areas to bale out water in the event of water logging.