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Chennai rains : A thermocol boat ride, concerned mother and many waterlogged roads!

Express News Service
The regional meteorological centre had said the well-marked low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal will first concentrate into a depression and then move west–northwestwards and reach near north Tamil Nadu coast by early morning of November 11. Not welcome news for people like this woman seen wading through an inundated Maddox Street near Choolai. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)
The regional meteorological centre had said the well-marked low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal will first concentrate into a depression and then move west–northwestwards and reach near north Tamil Nadu coast by early morning of November 11. Not welcome news for people like this woman seen wading through an inundated Maddox Street near Choolai. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)
People wading through a flooded road at Pattalam in Chennai. The stretch between Cuddalore and Chennai is seen as the hotspot for the heaviest spell of rains from Wednesday till Thursday morning. The coastal areas of Tamil Nadu need to keep a very close vigil for the next 36 hours to 48 hours as extreme rains may happen in a few places. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)
Chennai's shopping hub T Nagar was not spared. This is the Madley subway there after it was flooded during the heavy rains. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)
Cops delivered on a boat! Police personnel row in to work at Peravallur police station in Chennai. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)
Mother of mine...! One kid on the shoulder and another who needs to be guided, this mother in Dr Ambedkar Nagar in Pallikaranai has her hands full while wading through stagnated rainwater. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)
This ain't Mars and that ain't craters. Folks, a road with potholes near Vyasarpadi Flyover in Chennai. (Photo cops| Debadatta Mallick, EPS)
How to navigate this flooded road at Kannigapuram near KK Nagar in Chennai? Do you find the cycle better or will you rather want to hop into a car? (Photo | Martin Louis, EPS)
No temple pond this! People wade through a flooded road at Pattalam in Chennai. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)
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