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A view of a flooded locality following heavy rains due to the onset of North East Monsoon in Chennai. The residents of Chennai, on Tuesday (October 31), woke up to see the water entering their houses after continuous spells of rain. (Source: PTI)
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Motorcyclists riding their bikes on the waterlogged service road near the Marina beach during heavy downpour due to the onset of Northeast monsoon in Chennai. The traffic in Chennai came to a grinding halt in several locations after the city witnessed incessant rains. (Source: PTI)
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A motorcyclist wades through a flooded street in an inundated locality after the heavy incessant rains due to the onset of North East Monsoon, in Chennai. The buses were delayed in several areas and parts of the city and suburbs witnessed water-logging, affecting office-goers and school children. (Source: PTI)
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A patient being shifted from a flooded hospital after heavy rains in Chennai. Due to the heavy rains in the city, the mud wall of a hut collapsed killing a 38-year-old man in Thinnaiyoor. As per a PTI report, the state Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar assured the residents of the city that the hospitals across the city are geared up to handle fever and monsoon-related illness. (Source: PTI)
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Auto rickshaws and other vehicles got submerged in the flood waters in Kotturpuram area of Chennai. The Meteorological office, on Tuesday (October 31), forecasted heavy to very heavy rains in some areas of coastal districts, including the capital city and its neighbourhood, in the next few days. (Source: PTI)
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People walk along a flooded street during heavy rain showers in Chennai. The silt deposited severely affected rainwater flow into drains in Chennai. Tamil Nadu Minister Finance and Fishing D Jayakumar said, "98 per cent of the problem has been settled. We are having the capacity (to solve the problem) like foreign." (Source: PTI)
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An aerial view of Chennai and its suburbs that witnessed heavy rainfall over the last week leading to floods in several low-lying areas across the city. IMD Chennai officer S Balachandran said, "About 16 places recorded very heavy rainfall and 21 places recorded heavy rainfall." (Source: PTI)
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A woman carries a dog as she wades through a water-logged neighbourhood during rains in Chennai. The flooding led to some power outages in parts of the city with the municipal corporation warning of more such cuts if water levels continued to rise. (Source: Reuters)
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