Chennai Rains - Crocodile on Road, Rain pounds Chennai, schools, courts shut, ‘stay home’ appeal
In chennai, troops from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were dispatched. The NDRF troops rescued around 15 persons from the tambaram neighbourhood near Peerkankaranai and Perungalathur who were trapped owing to severe waterlogging caused by the city's heavy rain.
Parts of the city were without electricity, and numerous low-lying areas were swamped. According to IMD, most sections of the city under the Greater chennai Corporation's boundaries have received more than 100 mm of rain, including Valasaravakkam (154.2 mm), Nungambakkam (101.7 mm), Sholinganallur (125.7 mm), Kodambakkam (123.3 mm), Meenambakkam (108 mm), and others. Heavy rain also fell in the surrounding districts of Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, and Tiruvallur.