As Tamil Nadu continues to experience heavy rains, life in capital Chennai has come to a standstill with flooded streets and severely-affected transport services. Chennai rains have claimed 40 lives so far.
An independent weather blogging community from Chennai, tweeting under the handle @ChennaiRains, has been tweeting a series of photos that show submerged roads, stalled cars and fallen trees.
@ChennaiRains R A Puram pic.twitter.com/HZpJ70NqCc
— ® (@Queen_of_sorts) November 16, 2015
@ChennaiRains water logging in Velachery pic.twitter.com/Uzg6S5YCWo
— Parasuram Sathakarni (@parasuram_mav) November 16, 2015
Other users too have tweeted photos of the plight of the people of Chennai.
Heavy rain allday #chennairainspic.twitter.com/svcD7Sj0tg
— Mansoor Alikhan K (@itsme_mansoor) November 8, 2015
This is what people in #Chennai are going through!
#chennairains#chennaiflood#chennaitespic.twitter.com/XDeOh3o3mG
— Behindwoods (@behindwoods) November 16, 2015
Water seeps into several houses in #Chennai, people travel on boats #chennairains#chennaiweatherpic.twitter.com/pAnz705E7r
— Shreesha Reddy (@shreeshareddy) November 16, 2015
Here it is pazhavanthangal subway vanished @rameshlaus@sri50 via @mohansmith#chennairainspic.twitter.com/jjzQbEWlVw
— Prasanna (@prasi_says) November 16, 2015
What a grim sight to wake up to! The sands of the Marina Beach inundated. Rains lashed Chennai overnight. @ibnlivepic.twitter.com/B4eymg1nMY
— anna isaac (@anna_isaac) November 16, 2015
Very heavy rains on NH45 between Chengalpet and Maduranthagam. #chennairains#TamilNadu@SkymetWeatherpic.twitter.com/WrpfKGA0jW
— Iniyan (@dniniyan) November 11, 2015
As the above pictures show the state of the city, schools, colleges and even offices remain shut.
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