Chennai: Heavy rains today flooded several parts of Tamil Nadu and inundating most areas of Chennai, severely dis-routing flights, train and bus services and forcing postpone of half-yearly school exams even as the state braced for more showers in next four days.
The death troll in rain-related incidents touched 197, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa reviewed the situation and deputed ministers to inspect the affected regions.
Half-yearly exams in schools, which were to have begun on December 7, were postponed. Schools were closed today and will remain shut tomorrow as well.
All flight operations at Chennai airport have been partially suspended until further review and a number of flights have been disrupted as waters inundated the runway and the tarmac. Airport officials said one flight, which had left Colombo this morning, returned. SpiceJet and Indigo tweeted saying the airfield had been closed due to flooding.
