People were evacuated from flooded areas following heavy rains along the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai (AP)Volunteers waded through stagnant water to hand out food and supplies, and some manufacturing plants remained shut in India's southern tech-and-auto hub district of Chennai on Friday, four days after cyclone Michaung lashed the coast. At least 14 people, most of them in Chennai and its state of Tamil Nadu, have died in the flooding, triggered by torrential rains that started on Monday.

Source: Irish Independent December 08, 2023 17:05 UTC