Evening rain accompanied by winds disrupted road traffic and flight operations in Chennai, according to today''s reporting. Movement slowed across affected stretches and air operations were affected during the period of disruption.
Chennai''s vulnerability to short, intense spells is a drainage and sequencing problem rather than a rainfall-volume problem. Water accumulates faster than it clears on arterial roads, and the resulting congestion outlasts the rain itself.
No forecast beyond the reported conditions is included here.
