'Cyclone Michaung' lashed Chennai and its surrounding districts nonstop since Sunday morning, pouring 400 to 500 mm of rain, flooding homes and wrecking vehicles and bikes across the coastal metropolis. When the 'Chennai flood' inundated the city in 2015, the city experienced 330 mm of rain.
Due to nonstop rain from 3 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, almost all Chennai roadways, residential areas, railway stations, the airport, and bus terminals were flooded. All 17 subway lines in the city were submerged. So far, four people have died, including two workers caught in a movable container office that collapsed into a 50-foot chasm produced by a landslide near Velachery. While three people were rescued, the other two are still missing, according to personnel from disaster aid organizations.
Customers of transportation and restaurant aggregators were the hardest hurt, as the companies ceased operations. After 8 a.m., downtown streets saw little traffic as rainstorms intensified by the hour. Images of people wading through hip-deep water, sliding off vehicles, and tripping over obstacles hidden beneath the water swamped social media. The Tamil Nadu government has requested an emergency Central aid of Rs 5,000 crore to provide relief to people and rehabilitate infrastructure ravaged by chronic floods in Chennai and other districts of the state.
Michaung is anticipated to bring gales of 90-100 km/h with gusts up to 110 km/h when it makes ashore, according to the IMD. The weather system over the west-central Bay of Bengal, which runs parallel and close to the south Andhra Pradesh coast, is expected to proceed almost northwards, parallel and close to the south Andhra Pradesh coast, according to the Met Department. (PTI)
