Barricades blocking entry to well-known seashores had been put up in Chennai.
Chennai:
Cyclone Fengal, which triggered heavy rains in northern Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, made landfall near the Union Territory coast on Saturday. The rains led to a shutdown of Chennai airport and flooded many components of town.
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Heavy rain and gusty winds triggered by the storm preceded the landfall and disrupted flight and practice providers in Chennai. A number of hospitals and homes had been additionally flooded within the capital metropolis.
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Faculties and faculties in a number of districts in Tamil Nadu have been shut and tons of of individuals moved inland to storm shelters because of the cyclone.
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Within the neighbouring union territory Puducherry, individuals residing in low-lying areas had been evacuated and the administration despatched SMS alerts cautioning residents to brace for the cyclone.
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A part of the Chennai airport was inundated and tons of of passengers had been impacted on account of a number of flight cancellations. Operations on the airport had been suspended until 4 am on Sunday.
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As many as 20 flights had been cancelled in Hyderabad as properly which had been providers to and from Chennai and Tirupati.
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The heavy rain additionally impacted practice providers in Chennai with the Southern Railway asserting modifications in providers.
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Barricades blocking entry to well-known seashores, together with the Marina and Mamallapuram, had been put up in Chennai.
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In a rain-related incident, a migrant employee who tried to withdraw money from an ATM in Chennai, was reportedly electrocuted.
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The forecast urged fishing crews to remain off the water and predicted surging waves of 1 metre (three ft) that posed a flood danger to low-lying coastal areas.
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Fengal skirted the coast of Sri Lanka earlier this week, killing not less than 12 individuals together with six kids.