Helpline number, weather app

There has been no waterlogging in the subways in Chennai because of preventive maintenance, civic authorities have said. Trees that fell were removed at once, they said.

Waterlogging was, however, seen in several places, and the Greater Chennai Corporation said it has been pumping out water into stormwater drains.

The number of road users decreased sharply in the city and suburbs with continuing rains and thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy, widespread rains lashed Chennai, Tiruvallur and other parts of the state.

Chennai Corporation announced a helpline number 1913. The government has requested people to check the TN Alert App for weather updates. Flight and train operations, including Metro Rail, have so far not been affected.

Some people, who own cars in the flood-prone Ram Nagar in Madipakkam parked their vehicles in nearby Velachery bridge, a key part of busy south Chennai, and some, reportedly, moved away from their homes to hotels.