Death toll from Chennai flood due to severe cyclonic storm Michong rises to eight, rescue efforts underway
The plains of Gran Chennai are resulting in their destruction, as the incessant rains of the last three days have extensively flooded many parts of the city, even as they are leading massive rescue efforts to rescue people from the waters. About the size that the rains bring on Tuesday morning.
The general situation is grim but is relatively controlled.
The number of victims of incidents related to rain increased overnight Tuesday due to the severe cyclonic storm Mihaung over the center-west of the Bay of Bengal. It was close to Baptala in the afternoon on the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh and touching land, accompanied by winds of between 90 and 100 kilometers per hour and up to 110 kilometers per hour, the Meteorological Department of India said in a statement.
The Minister Principal of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin inspected the areas affected by the floods and revised the relief and rescue measures. Told the journalists in Chennai that 23 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), composed of 575 rescue personnel, were leading the rescue efforts in the districts. Most affected are Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai. The district of Villupuram has also been seen affected.
Once again, Gran Chennai has been most affected by the heavy rains; Only the major parts of southern Chennai (Pallikaranai, Velacherry, Madipakkam and Tambaram) recorded 73 cm of rainfall in the last two days, compared to a total precipitation average of 60 cm in the city during the north monsoon season.
The chief secretary of Tamil Nadu, Shivdas Meena, along with other senior officials, said that the amount of rainfall in other parts of the city and neighboring districts oscillated between a maximum of 34 cm in Poonamallee, 28 cm in Avadi (both in the district de Tiruvallur) and 24 cm in Chennai. .North in the last 24 hours.
Meena stated that the situation was particularly bad in areas such as Tambaram and Avadi and said that more than 8,275 people had been rescued and transferred to camps of distress.
When asked about a huge lake in Narayanapuram that had opened up and flooded the south of Chennai, he said that they had deployed boats in those areas and where necessary in the neighboring districts to shift the people to safer places. In the districts of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu, 825 of the 900 points of sale of petrol and diesel have started functioning, he added. The mobile services are also regressing, depending on the electric supply in their respective areas, said Meena.
Although electricity supply in Chennai was restored in phases on Tuesday after the rain stopped, more rain is expected. The Minister Principal, Stalin, said that massive drainage operations had been initiated in the areas most affected by the floods and that in Gran Chennai alone they had deployed around 1,000 water bombs.
The state government declared Wednesday holidays for universities and schools.
