In Chennai, automobiles have been swept away as floodwater flowed by way of the streets.
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Cyclone Michaung reside updates: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are on excessive alert with extreme storm, Cyclone Michaung, anticipated to make landfall immediately. Each states have been hit by heavy rains and thunderstorms within the final 24 hours. 5 folks died in rain-related incidents in Chennai. Two folks died of electrocution whereas one was killed after a tree fell on him within the upmarket Besant Nagar space of the town, police stated.
In Chennai, automobiles have been swept away as floodwater flowed by way of the streets, whereas its airport, one of many busiest in India, shut operations till Tuesday morning.
A extreme cyclonic storm has the potential to trigger uprooting of small and medium bushes, large-scale harm to hutments and dust homes, and partial harm to phone and electrical poles.
Listed below are the LIVE updates on Cyclone Michaung and Chennai Rains:
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The Indian Railways has equipped its complete equipment in an enormous approach to make sure and handle clean and secure railway operations within the areas more likely to be affected by the cyclonic storm ’Michaung’.
The Indian Railways, as a part of its preparedness for cyclone-related catastrophe administration, has arrange an emergency management cell on the divisional/HQ degree with officers from working, industrial, engineering, electrical, sign/telecommunications, safety, and so forth. branches in every shift to watch across the clock and take essential motion in reference to prepare operations.
A number of areas of Chennai have been submerged in knee-deep water and there have been energy outages since Monday morning, evoking recollections of December 2015 when round 290 folks died after catastrophic floods.
With extreme Cyclone Michaung poised for landfall shortly, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed officers to be on excessive alert for taking over aid measures.