At least seven die in Chennai rains, the heaviest since the great floods of 2015

CHENNAI: The extremely heavy rain brought on by the approach of Cyclone Michaung has pounded Chennai and left it reeling. Weather bloggers suggested that the city received around 40 cm rainfall in 48 hours, numbers unseen since the great 2015 Chennai floods. “Without the cut-off at 8.30 am, the rainfall would have been 300-plus mm (30 cm) in 24 hours, if we take event as whole for 24 hours and for 48 hrs it would be 400 mm (40 cm),” Pradeep John, popular as Tamil Nadu weatherman on social media, said. People were marooned, most roads were flooded and some caved in , trees were felled by furious winds, and cars and other vehicles were seen floating around. Many parts…