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The city of Chennai alone experienced five major floods between 1943 and 2005, with the 1943, 1978 and 2005 floods causing particularly severe damage. [21] In addition, unplanned and often illegal urban development has led to many wetlands and natural sinks being built over; this, along with ageing civic infrastructure and poorly designed ...
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2005 Chennai floods; ... 2014 Chennai building collapse; 2015 South India floods; B. Brihadeeswarar temple fire; C. COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu; D. 2000 ...
The death of 18 patients at a private hospital added to the official toll of 280 confirmed killed in the disaster.
[94] [95] [54] The encroachment of urban development on wetlands has hampered the sustainability of water bodies and was a major contributor to the floods in 2015 and 2023 and water scarcity crisis in 2019. [96] [97] The Chennai River Restoration Trust set up by the government of Tamil Nadu is working on the restoration of the Adyar River. [98]
However, ever since the devastating Chennai Floods of 2015, where 29,000 cusecs of water were estimated to have been released, purging everything in its path, the present AIADMK government, has made sustained efforts, to clean the river, with reasonable success - including cordon of its bank with a dedicated wall, remove encroachments from the ...
Heavy rains from Hurricane Joaquin caused Gills Creek to overflow its banks on Oct. 4, 2015.
A tree that fell in Chennai, India, during Cyclone Nivar was removed by local police on November 26. The Hindu reported that at least one person had been killed by the storm.Over 3,700 people in ...