Chennai flooded-Landfall is probably in Bapatla, AP...
With 400 to 500 mm of rain falling since sunday morning, Cyclone Michaung tore through chennai and its surrounding districts, destroying cars and bikes and flooding homes all across the coastal metropolis. When the city was submerged by the "Chennai deluge" in 2015, 330mm of rain had fallen there.
Many roads, including Anna Salai, had become waterways by the time the cyclone began to move away from chennai on monday night, and a large number of parked cars had drifted away from a gated community in Pallikaranai. Monday's nonstop rain, which lasted from 3 a.m. to 6 p.m., caused water to flow like miniature rivers down practically all of Chennai's roads, residential areas, train stations, airport, and bus terminals. The seventeen metro stations were submerged.
Cyclone Michaung is expected to make landfall as a strong cyclonic storm with winds of 90–100 kmph with gusts up to 110 kmph before noon on tuesday over the Andhra coast, near Bapatla, between nellore and Machilipatnam. At least 30 flights were canceled or rescheduled in chennai due to disruptions to train and flight operations. Strong winds and flooding were reported by an airport official, along with flooding on the runway, taxiway, and parts of the apron where the planes are parked. Due to the suspension of international flights, travelers were stranded in other states.
In chennai, a cyclone forces the cancellation of more than 100 trains.
Tiruvallur, Avadi, and beach railway stations short-terminated incoming trains, cutting off Central station while over 100 trains from chennai Central and Egmore stations were cancelled. Tiruvallur and Katpadi were the departure points for a few trains, but eventually all trains were canceled.
The worst affected customers were those of food aggregators and taxi services, as both had stopped operating. As the rainy spells grew stronger by the hour, there was little traffic on the city roads after 8am. Images of people falling off cars, tripping over underwater obstacles, and wading through hip-deep water went viral on social media.
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