Residents in Chennai have reported that they were without power for 24 hours due to the rain.
Chennai, its suburbs, and the surrounding area were inundated on Monday as heavy rain and strong winds continued. Cyclone Michaung is due to land within the next 24-hours. Schools and offices closed, flights were stopped, and people had to be evacuated from the flooded areas.
According to India Meteorological Department, Cyclone Michaung will land along the coasts of Andhra Pradesh by Tuesday.
Social media users shared images of cars floating in the parking lots in residential areas due to flooding. According to reports, Five Furlong Road connecting Guindy with Velachery collapsed and the roof on a nearby petrol station was damaged by the constant rain.
The power was also cut off by the rain, and many residents reported that they had been without electricity in the last 24 hours.
As a result of the cyclone, several flights leaving and arriving in Chennai were delayed. According to officials, airport operations for arriving passengers have been suspended until 11pm.
The Tamil Nadu Government has also declared public holidays in the districts of Chennai (Chengalpattu), Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram.
Shiv Dasmeena, Chief Secretary, issued an Order on Sunday, under the Negotiable Act of 1881. He stated that the four districts would likely receive strong winds and heavy rains on Monday, due to cyclonic storm.
“All government offices including the offices of public undertakings/corporation boards, banks of financial institutions, etc, in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu districts will be closed on Monday,” the order read.
Private companies are required by the government to offer their staff the option to work from home and to only send those employees to office who need to be there.
According to the order, all essential services including hotels, restaurants and other businesses involved in relief, rescue and disaster response will continue as normal.
K N Nehru, Minister of Municipal Administration in Tamil Nadu visited the Integrated Command and Control Centre at Ripon building to assess the rescue and relief measures currently underway.
State government has also appointed 17 IAS officers for flood prevention and rescue work in the corporations of Tambaram and Avadi, Chennai and Tambaram.
Greater Chennai Corporation asked people to remain indoors during the severe rainfall alert. There was 340mm of rain from early Monday morning until late Sunday night.
According to the most recent bulletin from the Weather Department, Perungudi, (Zone 14,) had the highest rainfall with 29 cm over the past 24 hours. This was followed by Avadi, (Tiruvallur District) at 28 cm and Alandur, (Chennai District) at 25 cm.
According to the most recent communique, heavy rains have caused the closure of 17 subways in the city. 16 trees are also down and efforts are being made to get them up.
Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force is on duty in other corporations including Tambaram to carry out rescue measures. The NDRF rescued and housed residents of Sriram Nagar on Monday.
697 people have so far been temporarily housed and rescued from Tambaram, and the surrounding area, which was flooded by rain.
Residents are asked to call the emergency control center at 1900 (Chennai Corporation), 1800 425 4255/1800 425 1660 (Tambaram Corporation) or 1800 425 5109 (Avadi Corporation), in case of an urgent situation.
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