Chennai floods: Met warns of heavy rain over next 48 hours, airport shut
December 02, 2015  11:27
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Rain-ravaged Tamil Nadu was cut off from the rest of the world today even as the Met department warns for heavy rains in the next 48 hours. The airport has been closed with flooded runways forcing authorities to cancel all flights. A Bloomberg report said flights were likely to remain cancelled until 6am on Thursday. Trains were either stopped or diverted because of overflowing water over tracks. The rail track at Egmore has been washed away. The non-stop torrential rain since Monday evening, showed signs of a light let-up early this morning, giving way to a light drizzle but most areas in the city remained submerged -- some under 5 feet of water. With water levels in the Adyar river rising, the bridge has been closed


The army, navy and NDRF rescue teams were deployed in the worst-affected localities of Chennai and other parts of the state as the rain, initially triggered by a cyclone some days ago, inundated vast tracts of land, especially in the coastal areas.

The slow-moving depression over southwest Bay of Bengal has triggered record rains in the state -- the worst rainfall in 100 years.
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