Heavy rain expected in some parts this weekend

The Maldives Meteorological Service (MMS) has revealed that heavy rainfall is expected in some parts of the Maldives this weekend.

The weather department revealed that heavy rain showers prevailed in some atolls across the entire nation on Friday.

Further, scattered rain showers are expected to prevail across some atolls in northern and southern regions on Saturday.

Heavy rainfall is expected to prevail across central atolls on Saturday.

Although tides were recorded as high as 2.6 feet in the early hours of Thursday, it dropped to 1.6 by afternoon and dropped to zero by nightfall in northern atolls.

Central atolls experienced tides rising as high as 2.1 in the early hours of Thursday, dropping to 0.6 by morning and rising to 1.4 in the afternoon. It dropped to 0.1 by nightfall. Tides rose to 1.9 feet in the early hours of Friday before dropping to 0.4 by the end of the day.

The department revealed that southern atolls experienced tides dropping from 2.3 to 0.3 by the end of Thursday and ascending to two feet by early Friday and dropping further to 0.7 by the end of the day.

Maldives experiences heavy rain showers and adverse weather conditions during the southwest monsoon as well as the northeast monsoon. Extensive periods of strong winds and adverse weather conditions are usually experienced mostly during the southwest monsoon.

Such adverse weather conditions have caused trees to uproot, roofs to be torn off, and heavy debris falling onto houses, causing immense damage. The squally weather during monsoon also causes extensive damage to crop in some islands and presents challenges for seafarers and fishermen as well. Some islands have been experiencing swell wave surges during high tides as well.