Several tourist spots in Nilgiris are closed due to heavy rain in the region and trees falling at various spots. Vehicle movement is also disrupted on Doddabetta-Thummanatty Road, Boat House Road, Ooty-Avalanche Road and Ooty-Kotagiri Road due to the falling of trees. Similar incidents were also reported in the Coonoor region and the Manjanakorai-Lovedale area. As per reports, around 413 millimetres of rain was received on Monday in the Nilgiris district. As a precautionary measure, schools were also closed in the region on Monday. Last month, a Kerala teenager was killed at Eighth Mile after a tree fell on him while visiting the spot with a group. 

These are the spots closed temporarily by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC): 
1) Doddabetta viewpoint
2) Pine Forest
3) Avalanche Lake
4) Eighth Mile
5) Ooty Lake and Boat House, for boating
6) Valparai
7) Cairn Hill
8) Ninth Mile

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