Record rains flood Tamil Nadu; more to come
People travel on a boat as they move to safer places through a flooded road in Chennai, December 2, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
December 2, 2015
The heaviest rainfall in over a century caused massive flooding across Tamil Nadu, driving thousands from their homes, shutting auto factories and paralysing the airport in capital Chennai.
The national weather office predicted three more days of torrential downpours in the southern state of nearly 70 million people.