With Chennai facing torrential rains, schools and colleges have been shut and public transport severely affected, a lot of good Samaritans have taken it upon themselves to spread information about the affected areas.

Here's an update received on WhatsApp, based, it says, on 'data collated as of 01:00 Hrs on 3/11/17, and received from Various sources'.

#ChennaiRains #RouteAlert #ChennaiMicro #ChennaiTraffic

People who are travelling to #Guindy, #Porur, #Vadapalani, #Pallavaram, #Saidapet do not come via #velachery #Phoenixmall route. The left after Phoenix mall has been blocked as the water level is high.

#TNagar #DuraisamySubway is #closed due to water logging. Please take alternate route.

Avoid #Kathipara to #Vadapalani road travel as there is heavy water logging from #Olympia to #Ekkaduthangal Metro. Take the alternate route via Saidapet.

Who are travelling via #Thoraipakkam Road to reach Keelkatalai/Madipakkam please do not take #LICNagar route.

For those travelling from #Nungambakkam towards #AnnaNagar. #SterlingRoad is fast filling up with knee deep water and traffic is quite bad moving in single lane. The Nelson Manickam Subway is being cordoned off by the traffic police as water is filling up. By the next shower, it will surely be flooded. Shanthi Colony and Anna Nagar however are comparatively better. Heavy rains continue until Mogappair on the same route.

Damage done at #sholinganallur. Nearly two to three feet water from signal to Aavin. Four wheelers have started stranding one by one

Avoid using #medavakkam to #sholingnallur route. Water has started reaching roads and nearby #SathakCollege there is hip level water by now. Already lot of two and four wheelers got stranded

#Mylapore #Vivekananda College road is blocked due to heavy Water logging. Two Wheelers - Pedestrains - Cars // use alternate route.//

#Okkiyam to #mettukuppam damage done. Tuf for vehicles to cross. Two to three feet water. tuf to pass okkiyam especially

#AnnaUniversity #Kotturpuram flooded upto 15cms.