In view of #ChennaiFloods banks are requested to ensure ATMs are functional, the dept of financial services declared today.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an immediate 'on account' release of Rs 5,000 crore for flood relief works during a meeting between the two in Chennai.

Jayalalithaa made the demand after Modi and she carried out an aerial survey of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur and Cuddalore districts that have borne the brunt of the unprecedented rains in the last few days.

Meanwhile, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has decided to dispatch one lakh bottles of Rail Neer to Chennai.

Tamil Nadu is still reeling from the onslaught of the worst monsoon rains in a century, with several feet of flood water inundating roads in and around Chennai. The Army and Navy are in the city to join in the rescue operations, Chennai airport has been shut at least till Thursday evening and several other transport facilities in the city have come to a standstill.

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Actor Siddharth who has been helping the Chennai flood victims through a series of tweets has posted under the #ChennaiMicro,

'Big fm office opposite palmgrove hotel. Send all relief supplies here. This is base camp for #chennaimicro Blankets water paai priority'.  

'Will post account details of a trust soon. If you would like to send donations for relief work done by @RJ_Balaji and me.. Plsss do', he tweeted.

Relief material to the foundation can be sent to the following addres:

#ChennaiMicroFund contribution A/c Name: V Trust, A/C NO: 533102010503421, UNION BANK OF INDIA, IFSC CODE: UBIN0553310. #SiddharthRJbalaji

The government today said it has ordered suspension of toll collection on all National Highways in Tamil Nadu till December 11 in view of the flood situation caused by unprecedented rains in the state.

'In view of the flood situation caused by unprecedented rains in Tamil Nadu, the Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has ordered suspension of toll collection on all National Highways in the state till December 11, 2015,' an official statement said.

The order is to come into force with immediate effect and has been issued to ease the rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations being undertaken by various central and state agencies on war footings and to help the stranded and marooned people in different parts of the state, the statement said.

JUST IN: Six flights tomorrow and six flights the day after will leave INS Rajali for various places. Charges will be Rs.1,000 and Rs.2,000 per ticket, depending upon the destination. Charges have been applied to avoid  overload or stampede-like situation, says Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma.

He said that these commercial lines will begin once slots for them are decided. Schedule once decided be available on the website of Director General for Civil Aviation.

No check-in baggage will be allowed as this facility is available for emergency exits from Chennai.

India made it to the semi-finals of the Hockey World League with a facile 2-1 win over England.

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In good news for much of rain-battered Tamil Nadu, the trough over the Bay of Bengal, which has caused the torrential downpour in the state, will weaken in next 48 hours, the MET department today said.


However, coastal districts Cuddalore and Nagapattinam and Puducherry and Karaikal districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry will be lashed by heavy rains as the weather circulation has moved to the central part of the state.


"Under the influence of the low pressure areas which is now in the South West Bay of Bengal off the Tamil Nadu coast, heavy rainfall is occurring in the central districts of Cuddalore, Puducherry and Karaikal districts of the Union Territory. There is no heavy rainfall in remaining parts of Tamil Nadu and even in Chennai there is hardly any rainfall," India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Laxman Singh Rathore said.


In the past 24 hours, the highest amount of rainfall was:

135mm in Cuddalore,
70mm in Puducherry,
60mm in Karaikal
70mm in Nagapattinam.


The total rainfall received since October 1 in this season is is 1558.9mm. "Low pressure will weaken in next 24 hours. It is not moving rather oscillating within the same region. The probability of heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu, except in hilly districts, is ruled out. So, it remains confined only to coastal region," Rathore added.


In a scene reminiscent of the blockbuster film Baahubali, a fawn is rescued at Vandalore zoo in the outskirts of Chennai. Pic courtesy: @Ind_Photograph

Leading Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump has pitched a new strategy on how to best combat the Islamic State -- kill their families.

"When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don't kid yourself," Trump told Fox News.

"We're fighting a very politically correct war," said the Republican presidential front-runner.Trump pointed to the fact that IS terrorists have used civilians as "shields" for his reasoning.

Calling the IS United States' 'number one threat', Trump joined the growing criticism of President Barack Obama for appearing to send the wrong message to Americans on IS."All he's worried about is climate change. He thinks climate change is something that's going to go kill us," the real estate mogul said, adding that, "It's not going to kill us at all."

Trump also said that if he would have been the US President he would not have gone to this week's Paris climate change conference at all.

Security forces foiled an infiltration bid and gunned down three militants on the Line of Control (LoC) in frontier Poonch district this evening.

"The operation was launched in the evening when the infiltration bid was detected by surveillance devices and alert sentries of Indian army," defence spokesman Col Manish Mehta told Rediff.com.


"The area has been cordoned off and search operations were going on till last reports came in," he said. "The failed infiltration bid and casualties is a big blow to the nefarious designs of terrorists and their handlers across the LoC who have been waiting and planning for infiltration for a long time."
There have been no casualties and damage on the Indian side.

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar

A grim PM Modi and MoS Pon Radhakrishnan during the aerial survey this afternoon. 

The Army has 40 Rescue and Relief teams and five engineer teams carrying out rescue operations in the most critical areas of Chennai. These teams have been operating in areas which are the worst hit by the floods which include Tambaram, Mudichur, Kothurpuram, Pallavaram, Thiruneermalai, Urapakkam, Manipakkam, T Nagar and Gudvancheri towards the outskirts of Chennai and also along areas adjacent to the Adyar River.                     

The teams have successfully rescued over 4000 stranded people. The military hospital at St Thomas Mount has been made functional and treatment is being given to many flood-affected patients.


Pic: Army personnel rescue people stranded in Manipakkam colony in Chennai today. Pic courtesy: PIB.

Major infiltration bid along LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir foiled, three terrorists killed: Defence spokesperson .

In a scene reminiscent of the blockbuster film Baahubali, a fawn is rescued at Vandalore zoo in the outskirts of Chennai. Pic courtesy: @Ind_Photography

 The Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai's premier Tamil cultural organisation, has decided to raise money from among its patrons for Tamil Nadu's flood relief.


"Chennai has drowned in a flood of misery and is facing a severe crisis. It's time to act. Let us all get together and tell our friends that we are behind you, let us contribute at this critical time," the Sabha's president, Dr V Shankar, said.


Cheques/DDs can be drawn in favour of: "SSFA&SS - Tamil Nadu Relief Fund" and forwarded to the Sabha's office in Matunga or the money can be transferred directly to SSFA&SS's SB A/c No. 402617518 at Indian Bank, Kings Circle branch, Mumbai (IFSC IDIB000K038). Section 80-G certificates will be issued for the contributions.


The Sabha will hand over the funds collected to the Tamil Nadu government as Mumbai's contribution, Shankar said. 

As India finally directs its attention to flood-devastated Chennai, Puducherry has also been facing similar conditions. Puducherry, for instance, has recorded a whopping 37 cm rainfall between Monday morning and Thursday, disrupting normal life in the union territory.


After a 13-hour lull, heavy showers resumed today in Puducherry where large areas have been inundated and over 400 houses damaged due to torrential rains, forcing evacuation of thousands of people.


As many as 173 relief centres were operating in Puducherry and Karaikal region and more than 10,000 people were evacuated to safer places, Commissioner for Relief and Secretary to Government V Candavelou said.


All schools and colleges will remain closed till December 6. People of Puducherry had some short-lived relief when rains stopped last night. However, as the day advanced the Union Territory was again battered by heavy rains.


In Nellore and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh, the rains moved north towards Prakasham district. Several towns in this district received heavy rains up to last night.


As the overflowing Swarnamukhi and Kalindi rivers continue to flow above danger levels, several villages in the district are submerged under water.


The people of Sullurpet area are still stranded with their houses flooded and are waiting for things to turn normal.


The National Disaster Response Force has rushed in boats to shift people to safer places. APSRTC buses are not plying. Railways has cancelled several trains and diverted some due to incessant rains in Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh which resulted in the overflowing of water above danger levels at railway bridges in the Chennai-Gudur section.


Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu instructed the administrations of Chittoor and Nellore districts to be alert as more rains are forecast in the next two days.


Pic: Narayana Sankar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday sent Rs 5 crore for relief and rehabilitation work to Tamil Nadu battered by incessant.


Pic: Large swathes of Chennai are still underwater despite less rains today. Photo credit: PIB.

No one imagined that this could happen to Chennai. We were just a happy little town content with our Kollywood and Coffee, but humanity has won over once again, says Pavithra Selvam. Read

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces Rs 1,000 crore relief to Tamil Nadu for flood relief operations. This will be over and above the Rs.940 crore given by the Centre earlier. Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa had asked for Rs 8,481 crore aid from the centre last week.


PM Modi made the announcement after an aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts in Tamil Nadu.

Incidentally, it's been 10 days since Karthi Chidambaram has received but not replied to an email questionnaire from the Enforcement Directorate on the investigations on a FERA case of firms he allegedly has a stake in. 

President Pranab Mukherjee will perform an aarti -- a Chandi homa -- in Hyderabad on December 27 at a private event being held at the farmhouse of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. This is a thanksgiving for the creation of Telangana. At least 2500 purohits from all the 28 states will perform the 10-day non-stop puja.


Interestingly, 10 years ago, KCR had taken a vow before the deity of goddess Durga that in the event of the formation of Telangana he will ensure that waters from all the rivers in India will be used to bathe the deity and he would also tonsure his head. 

Sarbananda Sonwal who will be projected as the BJP's chief ministerial candidate for Assam is expected to submit his resignation from the Union Council of ministers soon after the winter session of Parliament ends. This will also help Sonwal to tour the entire state before March 2016.


Another view prevailing is that since Sonwal was keen to take the South Asian Games to Guwahati which will be held in February 2016, he wants to continue till the games end.


Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah will discuss this issue and arrive at a conclusion before the BJP National Executive meeting. 

In other news, the BJP National Executive is likely to be held in Kolkata on December 27, 28 and 29 with the key agenda of extending Amit Shah's term as party president. Kolkata has been chosen as the venue to strategise ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls in 2016.

This meeting is particularly important as delegates to the meeting will be allowed to speak their minds and ideate to restore the image of the party in the aftermath of the Bihar polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches INS Rajali in Arakkonam. He will take an aerial survey of flood-devastated Chennai. The naval airbase here will serve as a makeshift airport for rescue ops. Arakkonam is 90 km from Chennai. It is from this air base that Air India to operate special flights to bring back stranded passengers.

Air India to operate special flight to Arrakonam Naval Air Station from Hyderabad to bring back stranded passengers: AI spokesperson.

Rescue and relief operations continued in full swing in Chennai with over a 100 people taken to safety by teams of Army, IAF and NDRF, including a seven-month pregnant woman who was airlifted today from one of the worst-affected areas in the flooded city.


"We sent about 120 rescued people to Delhi carried by a C-130J (Super Hercules) this morning and another 20 have been sent to Arakonnam, from where they will fly out in different aircraft," a senior IAF official said.


Among those evacuated were 50 stranded students from SRM University. With heavy rains lashing the capital city, especially in the last three days, several areas are inundated, with water reaching up to almost second storey in certain areas.


"We are fully prepared to tackle this situation and carrying out regular sorties. We performed several relief and recce sorties today, as we have to save those who are badly stranded as well as give food items to those who are stuck in their homes," Air Commodore Rippon Gupta said at the Tamabaram Air Base, nearly 30 kms from here.


Sukanya (29), who is seven months pregnant, along with her three-year-old child was airlifted from her home in Medumbakkam, near Guindy, one of the worst-affected areas in Chennai.


She was brought Tambaram Air Base in a Chetak helicopter, and then immediately taken to the Base Hospital. "We moved to the fourth floor of our house as the first and the second floor have become inundated. There is no electricity in our area for the last two days.


"We had lost all hope until they rescued us today," she told PTI. "My husband will come after me and we are planning to go to Kanchipuram, where my parents are waiting," she said.


Pic: This picture was emailed by Chennai resident Yashwanth Daniel. That amazing woman smiling despite the horrors that the city is facing, is his wife.

Aerial recce and relief operations revealed a harrowing tale as airports, bridges, and housing colonies were seen submerged in 8-10 feet water. People raised their hands seeking help from roof tops as IAF aircraft flew past them.


"The Chennai Airport is almost washed out, with flight operations still suspended. Runways and parking bays are flooded. A bridge near Saidapet area is completely overrun with water, cutting off areas and isolating people," a pilot, involved in the relief operation, said.


Several students from a private university, who were left stranded in the city, were also brought to the Tambaram Air Base from where they were flown to Bangalore or Delhi.


"We are over 50 students from SRM University. We were stuck in the city until we were rescued last night at about 10 PM. "And, we were then brought to the air base here, where they took care of us, and today we are flying out," 18-year-old George K George, a student from Kerala. 

330 mm of rain on Dec 2

269  people dead in Tamil Nadu

2  dead in Pudducherry

54 dead in Andhra Pradesh.

12 Navy boats pressed into service

155 Naval personnel on the roads


14 NDRF teams deployed.


1200 NDRF personnel deployed

Rs 8,481 crore aid sought by state government


Rs 940.92 crore aid given by the Centre


48 hours critical for Tamil Nadu as it is expected to get more rain.


6 December is when Chennai airport will reopen

It could be a scene straight out of the apocalyptic Hollywood film, 2012, except that it's very real. That's a picture of the Pallavaram flyover near the Chennai airport which is almost entirely under water. The green shrubs dotting the muddy waters in the picture are in fact tree tops.


The aerial picture was released by the Indian Air Force and is threatening to break the Internet. Nobody knows if the people stranded on those vehicles -- a few trucks and cars -- on the flyover were evacuated to safety.


Even as rains abated in Chennai after three days of heavy downpour the excessive discharge of water last night from the Chembarambakkam lake on the outskirts of the city flooded new areas, uprooting people from their homes.


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh informed the Lok Sabha that the death toll in Tamil Nadu due to floods had gone up to 269.

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Sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik's rendition of the Chennai floods.

The flooded All India Radio, Chennai station. Picture credit: M JayaSingh

IAF flies men and material to Tamil Nadu

Even as the incessant downpour in Chennai abates, the water level in many residential areas has been steadily increasing. Reports say this is due to excess water being released from the dam at Chembarambakkam. Residents say they were not warned and the water level has been increasing every hour in places like Mylapur, one of the posh areas of Chennai. There is no power, no internet, no food, no water. And hope for a quick rescue is dying out as well.

As the state electricity board had suspended power as a precautionary measure, most of the residents of the city and its neighbourhoods, who had stocked on milk and vegetables were unable to preserve them for long.

Large queues were seen in places where milk was being sold while the famous Koyambedu vegetable market was cut off from the city, leading to the spiralling vegetable prices.

The price of mineral water also hit the roof with a 20 litre bottle normally available for Rs 30 being sold for Rs 150 per bottle.

Most of the supermarkets and hotels across the city were either shut or had run out of stocks.


Photo: People pick their way through Sardar Patel Road in Chennai. Pic: Sreeram Selvaraj

NDRF teams have doubled the number of their rescuers in the rain and flood-battered Chennai and adjoining areas to 1,200 even as the force today decided to penetrate deep into the affected areas to aid the marooned.


A meeting of the Crisis Management Group was held this morning here under the Chairmanship of Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi along with officials of Ministries of Defence, Food, Railways, Agriculture, Health, Department of Telecommunication, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), India Meteorological Department (IMD) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). "We have 30 teams, each having 40 members, working in these areas now and we plan to concentrate in the areas of south Chennai which are the worst affected. The meeting took stock of the preparedness of various agencies," NDRF Chief O P Singh said after the meeting held at North Block. He said the force has deployed about 110 inflatable and other kinds of boats and separate assortment of buoys and life jackets with the rescue and relief teams so that the needy and the marooned get help.

Even as the rains moderated across the city, availability of essential commodities like milk and water was affected while in some places they were being sold at exorbitant prices.


For the third consecutive day power, transport and telephone facilities were affected due to the rains.


A one litre packet of milk was being sold for Rs 100 in some places while vegetables like tomato and beans were being sold at Rs 80 to Rs 90 per kg.


As the state electricity board had suspended power as a precautionary measure, most of the residents of the city and its neighbourhoods, who had stocked on milk and vegetables were unable to preserve them for long.


Large queues were seen in places where milk was being sold while the famous Koyambedu vegetable market was cut off from the city, leading to the spiralling vegetable prices.


The price of mineral water also hit the roof with a 20 litre bottle normally available for Rs 30 being sold for Rs 150 per bottle. Most of the supermarkets and hotels across the city were either shut or had run out of stocks.


Unprecedented heavy rains and flooding, triggered by north east monsoon and a low pressure in Bay of Bengal, during the last several days has heaped misery on several districts in Tamil Nadu, especially Chennai. Many areas in Chennai and its suburbs have submerged, bringing life to a halt.


Pic: Volunteers dole out food in a shelter in Chennai.

In rain-hit Chennai, as water surges in residential areas, a woman has been sitting with the body of her mother for nearly 20 hours. Her friend appeals for help through NDTV.


"Her mother, a dialysis patient, passed away yesterday. She is all by herself with the dead body in the dark," said the friend, urging the authorities to send a hospital van to the house in the city's Ashok Nagar area.


"If any morgue van could reach in a decent hour, we can give her a decent burial. Otherwise it's going to be an epidemic breakout because the body is in a very bad situation. It is a big risk to others. She has no help, she is helpless. Please help her," she pleaded.


The woman's ground floor apartment is just opposite a high school. She tried to take the body to a morgue last night but had to return as the roads were flooded and blocked. A neighbour who has been lived in the area for 50 years, said he had never seen so much flooding ever.


"It is a posh, central area of Chennai. There is so much water because of bad planning," he said. Large parts of Chennai are flooded because of rain, and the water level is rising in many areas because of overflowing lakes and water released from reservoirs. Water has even reached the second floor of some houses in central Chennai.


There has been no road, rail or air traffic in the city since yesterday. The army, navy and air force have stepped up rescue operations.

Weather update from L S Rathore, IMD DG: Next 48 hours, entire Tamil Nadu coast is going to receive fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy rains. Rainfall is expected in southern coastal Andhra Pradesh districts like Chittoor and Nellore as well. After 48 hours, though there is reduction in intensity of rainfall, but rain will fall for the next 5-6 days.

Navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan has a media briefing on the measures being taken in flood relief: "We are closely monitoring the situation in Tamil Nadu. We have carried out UAV survey of the flood affected area. In Chennai we have our ships, aircraft and personnel deployed for nearly a week. Our naval teams, Airavat, our tanker deployed there with helicopters, divers, distributing food packets. 

The Indian Air Force has pressed into service three aircraft to evacuate hundreds of passengers stranded at the Chennai airport where operations were suspended due to heavy rains and water logging on the runway.


IAF sources said that the Force has received clearance from the authorities to ferry civilian passengers from Chennai to Delhi and the operations would begin post-noon today.Two C-17 from 'INS Rajali' airbase in Arakkonam, about 60 km west of Chennai, and one C-130 J aircraft at Tambaram airbase, have been stationed for reconnaissance missions, they said.


Airports Authority of India chairman R K Shrivastava in New Delhi said that around 250-300 passengers are stranded at the Chennai airport. These passengers will be airlifted from the Chennai airport to Tambaram and Arakkonam airbase of the air force, he added.


Flight services in and out of Chennai Airport were suspended yesterday due to the heavy rains and water logging on the runway and the Airports Authority of India had also issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) to all air operators in this regard. Aviation authorities had said that the operations could resume only after rains stopped and water receded at the airport.

For the first time in over 40 years, the water has risen rapidly on the river breaching the road and the Maraimalai Adigal bridge in Saidapet cutting the arterial Anna Salai (Mount Road), rendering it out of bounds for motorists.


Rains abated in Chennai today giving relief to people tormented by the heavy downpour of the last three days but excessive discharge of water last night from Chembarambakkam lake on the outskirts flooded new areas of the city threatening to uproot people from their homes.


The fresh flooding of the streets in the heart of the city in areas like Kodambakkam and T.Nagar and Ashok Nagar has been caused by the release of an estimated 30,000 cusecs of water from the Chembarambakkam lake, one of city's source of drinking water.


The sky is overcast without any fresh rainfall and people are worried about the forecast of showers over the next three days.

Home minister Rajnath Singh's statement in Parliament on the Chennai floods.

-- PM Modi will do an aerial survey today and appropriate steps will be taken after that.

- Over 40 per cent of Chennai has no mobile phone connectivity and 20 per cent has no landline connectivity over the last few days.

-- The death toll is now 269 in the Tamil Nadu floods.

-- The Met department has warned of more rain.

-- 30 NDRF teams have been deployed.

-- The Chennai railway station has been badly hit.

Pic: Army personnel rescuing stranded residents.

PM Narendra Modi is on his way to flood-devastated Chennai. The PM tweeted a few minutes ago, saying, "Leaving for Chennai to take stock of the situation arising due to the devastating floods."

Meanwhile, the Hindu reports that thousands of residents are fleeing north Chennai, where no rescue services have been operating. There are flash protests across the region, which has not received essential supplies in two days.


The Mint Bridge is completely blocked as is the Vallalar Nagar bridge with the mass exodus of thousands of people who are trying to leave. Ambulances too, are not able to get through.


Residents who blocked the Vallalar Nagar bridge screamed at officials saying that for the government, Chennai starts and ends at Poes Garden and Gopalapuram. "We have never been considered residents of Chennai and today you can the effects of this," the residents said.


Pic: Vehicles make their way through water-logged Chennai/PTI photo.

Two suspects killed after San Bernardino shooting named by police as Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27. The San Bernardino police chief says, they are not ruling out terrorism. 

Rajya Sabha adjourned for 30 minutes after Congress MPs keep shouting slogans over Kumari Selja's comment on Friday that she had been asked her caste in the guest book of a temple.

If you loved Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" as much as we did, here's some good news -- actor-producer Farhan Akhtar wants a sequel to the 2011 hit road trip drama. The Zoya Akhtar-directed film had a star cast including her brother Farhan as one of the protagonists. "I would like 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' to be taken ahead... I think it will be great fun," Farhan told PTI.


Interestingly, actor Hrithik Roshan, who played an investment banker in ZNMD, had earlier expressed that there should be a sequel to the film. Currently, Farhan is working on the sequel of "Rock On" that marked his debut in Bollywood as an actor. 

One of the suspects in the mass shooting that left at least 14 people dead in California has been identified as a man named Syed Farook, US media reported on Thursday.

The Times of India reports that public records show that a man bearing the same name worked as an environmental health specialist for San Bernardino County, where the shooting took place.

The Los Angeles Times said that two law enforcement sources had given the suspect's name as Syed Farook.

A man carrying the same name is listed as residing at an apartment complex where the suspects of Wednesday's shooting were tracked by police.

NBC News said another of the suspects was believed to be Farook's brother.

Police shed no light on the motive for the massacre, but David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles office, said the bureau is looking at several possibilities, including workplace violence and terrorism. He did not elaborate.

One police officer was injured in the gunfight with the two suspects, who were confronted in their getaway vehicle after fleeing the scene of the shooting in San Bernardino, about 60 miles (100 km) east of Los Angeles, according to police.


Pic: Police officers conduct a manhunt after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Photograph: Mike Blake/ Reuters