Chennai: Many parts of Tamil Nadu including capital Chennai were pounded by heavy rain on Tuesday, disrupting rail, air and road traffic. This is the worst rain that the city has seen in nearly a hundred years, the weather office said. The city is slowly returning to normalcy with airport operations resuming today after 5 days of water-logging.
Dec 09, 2015 13:56 (IST)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately declare "the unprecedented, catastrophic floods as a national calamity".
Dec 09, 2015 10:21 (IST)
Rains resume in Chennai after a two-day respite, adding to woes of the people hit by floods and torrential rains for a week.
Dec 08, 2015 15:46 (IST)
Rahul Gandhi arrives in Chennai to meet flood affected people.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Announces Relief
Rs 10,000 for those who lost their huts in Chennai rains.
The chief minister sanctions 10,000 new dwellings.
Dec 07, 2015 14:26 (IST)
Airlifted Pregnant Woman Delivers Healthy Twin Girls in Chennai A woman in her ninth-month of pregnancy, who was air-lifted last week from one of the worst rain-affected areas in Chennai, has given birth to healthy twin girls at a hospital in the city.
Dec 07, 2015 11:33 (IST)
Water Recedes, Focus on Rehabilitation of Affected With water receding in most parts of this rain-battered city and its suburbs, the focus is now on clearing the various areas of the waste and muck left behind along with rehabilitation of affected people.