Flight operations at Chennai airport has been affected as a result of heavy rains as Cyclone Michaung is predicted to cross the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu on Monday. A number of flights have been cancelled and a few of them have been diverted. The whole runway and airplane parking lot of the Chennai airport are crammed with water.
Heavy rain lashed Chennai via the evening on Monday as Cyclone Michaung inching nearer close to the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh coast.
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) predicted that town and its neighbouring districts would expertise extraordinarily heavy rain within the subsequent 24 hours.