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Chennai: Boats rescuing women and children from inundated homes, two-wheelers floating in a cesspool of stormwater and queues for essentials at every street corner..
As of Wednesday, the super cyclone had claimed at least 17 lives, besides displacing hundreds of thousands in Chennai alone..
The Global Flood Awareness System (GLOFAS) model from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) indicates high flows to continue around Chennai river basin for the next day or two which will delay draining of water from the streets, though to be honest I am using this model for the first time for an urban set up like Chennai, noted K..
He added that an investment of Rs 4,000 crore on stormwater drains helped the city minimise the effect of the super cyclone during which Meenambakkam station recorded average rainfall of 430 mm and Perungudi 440 mm in 36 hours intensity not seen in 47 years...
Meanwhile, AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami criticised the DMK governments Rs 4,000 crore storm water drain system on X said, For a normal rain, Chennai is floating..
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