Watch: Knee-Deep Water On Roads, In Homes As Rain Batters Tamil Nadu City
NDTV
Five people have died in rain-related incidents across the state in the last 24 hours. The weather department has forecast two more days of heavy downpour in the northern part of the state.
The coastal city of Thoothukudi in southern Tamil Nadu has been flooded after it received 26 cm of rainfall in eight hours. The district has received 60% more showers this season - 51cm against the usual 32cm. Water has also entered houses in the city's Krishnarajapuram neighbourhood.
The famous Thiruchendur temple has been inundated as 30 cm of torrential rain battered the temple town. Trains have been cancelled after tracks were completely submerged in several areas.
Over 12 hours later, no help has arrived even as cars and people are forced to wade through the flooded streets.
Rani, a senior citizen, curled up on a cot inside her inundated home, is worried. "We can't even cook. There's no place to sleep. Water is everywhere. We are struggling. You should help us," she told NDTV.
