Has Chennai Returned To Normalcy After Heavy Rains? Find Out From These Viral Videos

Despite no heavy rain for over 24 hours, Chennai has not returned to normalcy. Although a section of media has claimed that the situation has returned to normalcy after heavy rains lashed the Tamil Nadu capital due to Cyclone Michaung, netizens on X are complaining that the water has not receded and power supply has not been restored.

Several parts of north and South Chennai still had waist-deep water, according to a report in New Indian Express. Despite the rainfall easing from Monday night, areas such as Velachery, Madipakkam, Saidapet, Adyar, Pallikaranai, and Karapakkam remained heavily flooded. By that time, the 24-hour period of intense rain brought by Cyclone Michaung had already inflicted significant damage.

"Please, please don't post photos/stories of Chennai getting back to normal yet. Only the main roads are good, the rest is just a unexpected and unwanted horror that you will not want to experience," one user said on Twitter. Although there has not been rains, severe waterlogging in many places.

#Velachery still the water level same and no one taken any actions and no one came inside to ask about milk or bread or food .The news channels are showing only where the water level is very low but they are not came inside. We all are waiting waiting still waiting.............. pic.twitter.com/CiqCJMZIhG

— S Nethaji (@nethaji101997) December 6, 2023

Venting out frustration over the reports, another user said, "The media is depicting a different story!"

This is me stepping out of my home with my family at Ram nagar, vijaya nagar, velachery

Lot more are inside who require supplies#CycloneMichuang #ChennaiFloods #Velachery pic.twitter.com/vEhdeGQX6I

— Hemnath (@Hemnaththillai2) December 5, 2023

Cricketer Ashwin Ravichandran too shared a photo last night claiming that the power has not returned even after 30 hours. "No power in my locality for more than 30 hours too. Guess thats the case in many places. Not Sure what options we have," he said and shared a photo.

My friend, his wife & Kid - 2yr old boy is struck here - Area behind Chennai silks #Velachery. As I reach this place & try to call him even network doesn’t support only. This is bad. Darn, Network providers should fix this issue first 🙃😤 @chennaicorp Please drain out ASAP pic.twitter.com/LX0aWmVmoE

— PG Things (@PG_Things) December 5, 2023

Another user said, "I sit in my house in Nungambakkam and think that life is almost back to normal (annoyed at the internet not being restored!) . This is what being cocooned means. The city is still in a big mess in most parts & people are still stuck with the inundation! #Chennai."

Update: Thanks everyone❣️🙏🏽 My friend & family came out by themselves in 3 to 3.5ft water around 8:45Am. However, learnt there are still people struck in Bhuvaneshwari nagar, 2nd and 3rd main road (WITHOUT NETWORK CONNECTIVITY) #Velachery VideoTaken @ 9:30Am Today https://t.co/SPVsSemVdw pic.twitter.com/Hfscveq6cH

— PG Things (@PG_Things) December 6, 2023

At least nine people, including a child, were killed in the flooding and the havoc caused due to the cyclone. Cars were swept, railways service was hit and airport operations shut down as the streets of Chennai got inundated.

They have been pleading for 15 hours now. This is the main area of #velachery, not some outskirts that is hard to reach. These people need help. They have tagged whoever they are supposed to tag. That area is flooded, people stranded with toddlers, and yet not a single rescue… https://t.co/A9CUs08SQ0

— Hades (@Russetlane) December 6, 2023

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and the entire Cabinet, municipal corporation officials, fire department, sanitation workers, doctors, rescue teams and electricity department have been working on a war footing to rescue people and provide relief material.

My sister, her husband, and their 1.5-year-old baby have been stranded in Ram Nagar, Velachery, for the past three days. No power. No drinking water. No milk. Not a bit of water is being drained at her place, even after two whole days. Adding to the misery, #Velachery has now… pic.twitter.com/h1Uiq27sTE

— Souwmiya Dhinesh (@sowmyasarathy) December 6, 2023

He said in the 2015 floods there was an unplanned release of one lakh cusecs from the Chembarambakkam reservoir into Adyar river which led to man-made floods. What the city witnessed now was natural floods that were handled efficiently by the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said.

This is the street where our pg locates send by my friend. Instead of decreasing the water level has increased half a feet. Dont know when I can return here, But sometimes these kind of things will make us think Villages are heaven.#ChennaiFloods #Velachery #Pallikaranai pic.twitter.com/wmU7WxdI5b

— Nandhini J K (@NandhiniJK1) December 6, 2023

#Velachery Please arrange drinking water and basic needs behind the PVR Grand Square Mall #Velachery. Desperately need of drinking water. Sitaram Nagar Second Street and First Street @rameshibn @karthickselvaa @Stalin__SP @admkitwingoffl @DMKITwing @arivalayam @CMOTamilnadu pic.twitter.com/aUHd6004LM

— Prakash P (@npprakash_cbe) December 5, 2023