The Chennai airport has reopened for all arrival and departure operations from 9 am on Tuesday, December 5. The airport had remained closed on Monday due to heavy rainfall and water inundation. Extremely heavy rains lashed the city for more than 24 hours on Monday due to the cyclonic storm Michaung.
Chennai received the highest amount of rainfall since the rains and subsequent floods in 2015. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), between December 3 and December 4, several parts of the city received more than 20 cm of rainfall.
“#UPDATE | Airfield now open for all arrival and departure operations,” Chennai Airport announced.
Meanwhile, Southern Railways has announced that several trains have been cancelled on Tuesday. The list of trains that stand cancelled on Tuesday are:
> Train No.20607 Chennai Central - Mysore Vane Bharat Express
> Train No.12007 Chennai Central - Mysore Shatabdi Express
> Train No 12675 Chennai Central - Coimbatore Kovai SF Express
> Train No.16057 Chennai Central - Tirupati Saptagiri Express
> Train No.22625 Chennai Central - KSR Bengaluru Ac Double Decker
> Train No.12639 Chennai Central - KSR Bengaluru Brindavan Express
> Train No.16093 Chennai Central - Lucknow Junction Express
> Train No. 06741 Chennai Central - Sullurupeta MEMU Express Special
> Train No. 22643 Ernakulam - Patna Junction Express
> Train No.12842 Chennai Central - Shalimar Express
> Train No.12390 Chennai Central - Gaya Express
> Train No.22870 Chennai Central - Visakhapatnam Express
> Train No.12656 Chennai Central - Ahmedabad Navjeevan Express
> Train No. 22671 Chennai Egmore - Madurai Tejas Express
> Train No.06025 Chennai Egmore - Puducherry MEMU Express Special
> Train No.22675 Chennai Egmore - Tiruchchirappalli Cholan Express
> Train No.16127 Chennai Egmore -Guruvayur Express
> Train No.06035 Chennai Central - Coimbatore Special Fare Vande Bharat Special
> Train No.12651 Madurai - Hazart Nizamuddin Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Express
> Train No.20643 Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express
> Train No.20644 Coimbatore-Chennai Central Vande Bharat Express
> Train No.16053 Chennai-Tirupati Express
> Train No.12679 Chennai-Coimbatore InterCity SF Express
> Train No.12680 Coimbatore-Chennai InterCity SF Express
> Train No.12695 Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Central SF Express
> Train No.22180 Chenna-Mumbai LTT Weekly Express
> Train No.22207 Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Central SUPER AC Express
> Train No.12685 Chennai-Mangaluru Central SF Express
> Train No.17238 Chennai-Bitragunta Express
> Train No.16203 Chennai-Tirupati Garudadri Express
> Train No.16204 Tirupati-Chennai Garudadri Express
> Train No.22675 Chennai-Tiruchy Cholan SF Express
> Train No.16127 Chennai-Guruvayur Express
> Train No.16128 Guruvayur-Chennai Express
> Train No.12635 Chennai-Madurai Vaigai SF Express
> Train No.12636 Madurai-Chennai Vaigai SF Express
> Train No.12605 Chennai-Karaikkudi Pallavan SF Express
> Train No.12606 Karaikkudi-Chennai Pallavan SF Express
> Train No.16115 Chennai-Puducherry Express
> Train No.16179 Chennai-Mannargudi Mannai Express
> Train No.22153 Chennai-Salem SF Express
> Train No.20683 Chennai-Sengottai SF Express
> Train No.20691 Chennai-Nagercoil Antyodaya SF Express