Northeast monsoon filled dried reservoirs but claims 40 lives in Chennai’s.
A family wade through the flooded road at Perambur on a two-wheeler on Sunday. - DC
Chennai: The northeast monsoon has brought good tidings for Chennai’s citizens and bad. Since October 1 there have been 44 deaths in rain-related incidents and over the last two days 13 people were killed in the state. Six labourers were killed in a wall collapse in Tiruvallur district on Saturday while at least four were electrocuted in Nagercoil and Kumbakonam.
Two women were killed in a wall and house collapse in Villupuram and Namakkal. In Villupuram an 18-year-old youth died after a tree fell on him. Meanwhile, there is jubilation too for the heavy rainfall has increased the water levels in four city reservoirs since Friday.
Chembarambakkam and Poondi reservoirs in particular received bountiful rain. Inflow to Red Hills (Puzhal lake) doubled to 336cusecs. Inflow of Veeranam lake, which provides 180mld to the city, rose from 50 to 1,300 cusecs in the last two days.
Chennai among most vulnerable to sea flood
Pramila Krishnan - DC
Warsaw: Chennai is among three Indian cities on the red list of the world’s 20 coastal cities most vulnerable to sea-flooding in storms.
Growing population and climate change mean that Chennai is facing a flooding risk of US$0.93 billion (about Rs.5845 crore) by way of devastation damages if cyclones hit its coast in year 2050, unless corrective measures are initiated.
Chennai stands 13th in this list and scientists predict that its residential areas that are only six metres above sea level are in danger of storm surges
( Source : dc )
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