Heavy rains lashed Chennai on Sunday night, flooding the streets of the Tamil Nadu capital with sewage water affecting flight services.
The Regional Meteorological Center (RMC) noted at 4 am on Monday that one or two places in Tiruvallur, Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Ranipettai and Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu are likely to receive moderate rain and thundershowers. Chances are.
As per the latest observations, West Tambaram, Taramani received over 100 mm of rainfall. West Tambaram recorded 131.0 mm of rain, followed by Taramani 112.5 mm, Kattapakkam 95.0 mm and ACS Medical College 84.5 mm. In Tiruvallur, Gummidipundi recorded close to 53 mm of rain.
#weather update: Due to inclement weather at Chennai (MAA), all departures/arrivals and their resultant flights may be affected. Passengers are requested to keep checking their flight status through https://t.co/VkU7yLjZly,
— spicejet (@flyspicejet) June 19, 2022
In Chennai, areas including Mylapore, Saidapet, Porur, Ekkattuthangal and Ambattur received heavy rains. Due to the rain, there was a traffic jam at some places in the city.
Netizens soon took to Twitter to share videos of rain in their area.
It’s raining #red Hills Answer #Chennai Suburb.
VC Harish pic.twitter.com/xBb2Br2GPX— kalyanasundaram (@kalyanasundarsv) June 19, 2022
12 15 am; #OMR stretch#ChennaiRain pic.twitter.com/T05aHZkFJi
— Dhivya Marunthiah (@DhivCM) June 19, 2022
According to officials, three flights including Qatar Airways, Indigo and Emirates were diverted to Bengaluru and Hyderabad due to bad weather.