Rain Pounds Chennai, Roads Flooded, Flight Arrivals Suspended Until 6 pm

1. Extremely heavy rainfall has been forecast for Chennai and 7 different districts, in addition to Puducherry, with predicted winds in extra of 45 km per hour. Alerts are in place for Tiruvallur, Ranipet, Vellore, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, and Salem, in addition to Chennai. Average rainfall is predicted over Villupuram, Cuddalore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Namakkal, Perambalur and Ariyalur.

2. A despair over the southwest Bay of Bengal is shifting in the direction of the state’s northern coast. At 2.40 pm it was 80 km east-southeast of Chennai and 140 km east-northeast of Puducherry. It’s anticipated to maneuver west-northwest and cross someday this night.

3. Chennai airport has suspended all arrivals until 6 pm. Departures will proceed as scheduled, the airport stated, including that the choice had been taken “contemplating security of passengers”. Southern Railways stated a number of companies from Chennai Central to Tiruvallur had been suspended attributable to water on the tracks at Avadi and Ambattur. There are additionally delays on northern traces in the direction of Gummidipoondi. Highway visitors within the metropolis has additionally been affected, with 13 subways flooded.

4. Heavy rain pounded a number of Tamil Nadu districts in a single day and this morning, notably the northern components of the state; this contains capital Chennai and close by Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Villupuram. No less than 14 folks have died in rain-related incidents throughout the state, a senior official instructed information company ANI.

5. Faculties and schools have been closed in Chennai and different districts for a fourth straight day, and several other areas within the capital metropolis stay waterlogged for a fifth straight day. The federal government has urged folks to fill up on meals and recent water and keep house. They’ve been requested to not go away except it’s an emergency.

6. Visuals shared by ANI confirmed floodwaters entering a hospital in Chennai’s KK Nagar. Different visuals confirmed flooding outdoors the metro station close to Madras Excessive Court docket. One worrying video confirmed a police officer carrying an unconscious man on her shoulders.

7. “We have deployed 11 groups in Tamil Nadu and two in Puducherry. 5 are on standby. All groups have tools to take care of all sorts of disasters. Recommendation to folks is that if your own home is not flooded, then keep indoors, Rekha Nambiyar, a senior NDRF officer instructed ANI.

8. Residents in areas like Periyar Nagar (a low-lying space in Chief Minister MK Stalin’s Kolathur constituency) showed NDTV how floodwaters had destroyed their home, and stated they despaired of the federal government fixing an annual drawback within the flood-prone metropolis. Mr Stalin blamed the AIADMK authorities for a “shoddy job”, and the Madras Excessive Court docket requested town’s civic physique: “What have you been doing since 2015?“

9. Tamil Nadu has recorded more than 50 per cent excess rainfall (as in comparison with historic common) between October 1 and November 10. Throughout this era rainfall within the state was 38 cm, which is 52 per cent above regular. Chennai acquired 61 cm of rain in the identical interval, in opposition to a historic common of 41 cm.

10. Over half of 90 key reservoirs and 14,138 lakes within the state are at the very least 75 per cent full already, elevating fears of a repeat of 2015, when a sudden extra discharge from Chennai’s Chembarambakkam reservoir flooded over four lakh homes in the city..

​With enter from ANI, PTI