Cyclone Michaung news: Crocodile spotted crossing Chennai street, as heavy rains pound Tamil Nadu | Video
Tamil Nadu has been pounded by heavy rainfall, as several parts of the state's capital city Chennai were water logged and holidays were declared in four districts. Visuals emerged of water logged roads, subways, parked cars and scooters floating, ambulances making way through flooded roads in Chennai. Amid all occurrences ahead of Cyclone Michaung's landfall, expected to happen on Tuesday morning, a video emerged of a ‘mugger’ crocodile crawling on a road in Perungalathur off the highway connecting Chennai with Tiruchirapalli.
Notably, the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology is a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located 40 kilometres south of the city of Chennai. Watch the video here Life was thrown out of gear in Chennai and its neighbouring districts on Monday as relentless rains pounded various parts leading to inundation, raising fears of a repeat of 2015 deluge. People were seen scampering to buy and refill supplies and essential items with drinking water being on high demand.
There was no let up in the downpour that led to power outages and internet disruption. Cyclonic storm Michaung, which is likely to cross the coast in Andhra Pradesh on the forenoon of Tuesday lay near Chennai and Puducherry, bringing heavy rains. The name 'Michaung' was suggested by Myanmar.
It means strength or resilience. Transport services took a severe hit as number of trains and flights were cancelled. Heavily inundated roads posed a challenge to road users who were few and far.
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