For a straight 15 hours on Tuesday, torrential rains pounded Chennai, causing the Chembarambakkam lake to overflow its banks, and leading to a deluge of near-Biblical proportions, the likes of which, say old-timers, hasn’t been seen in the past 100 years.

Between 8.30 a.m. and 11.30 p.m., the city recorded 236 mm rainfall, the heaviest rainfall since 2005 October in a single day. And yet, the rains show little sign of easing up.





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