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With their often-inaccurate predictions, the government’s weathermen don’t have a particularly favourable public image. But over the past month, as Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu reeled under the impact of its heaviest rainfall in nearly a century, the regional meteorological department has helped break this stereotype.

Its reliable information and timely warnings have helped people in the cities and fishermen on the coast stock up on essential commodities and prepare for the worst.

There is one man in particular that Chennai has come to trust: a meteorological scientist named SR Ramanan.

His official designation is Director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai. But he is better known to people as the man who appears on their television screens and presents an accurate picture of what to expect weatherwise.

“I am just the face of the operations,” said Ramanan.

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