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It was estimated by 18 November that at least 500 km of roads had been damaged by flooding, with the Chennai–Kolkata highway damaged the previous day and stranding hundreds of vehicles and motorists; officials said it would take days to restore the link. As in Tamil Nadu, the Southern Railway diverted or cancelled numerous trains. [71]
2015 South Indian floods: Heavy rain in Nov-Dec 2015 resulted in flooding of Adyar, Cooum rivers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu resulting in financial loss and human lives. [13] 2016 Assam floods: Heavy rains in July–August resulted in floods affecting 1.8 million people and flooding the Kaziranga National Park killing around 200 wild animals. [14]
The 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It was an average season with 4 cyclonic storms. The North Indian Ocean cyclone season has no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between months of April and December, with the peak from May to November.
Flooding has forced the closure of most shops and businesses and power outages have affected several areas. The cyclone left 16 people dead in Sri Lanka and three in India on Sunday.
Rescuers used boats to reach people stranded in their homes amid widespread flooding in the India's Chennai on Wednesday after cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern coast, bringing in heavy ...
The most prevailing winds in Chennai is the Southwesterly between the end of May to end of September and the Northeasterly during the rest of the year. Water inundation and flooding happen in low-lying areas during the season with significant flooding in 2015 and 2023. [11]
Heavy rains from Hurricane Joaquin caused Gills Creek to overflow its banks on Oct. 4, 2015.
Aerial view of floods in southern India in Chennai. In January, floods in southeastern Africa killed more than 214 people in Malawi and Mozambique. [15] In March, floods in Chile killed 25 people, and forced 3,000 people to stay in emergency shelters. [16] Also in the month, floods in Tanzania killed 50 people. [17]