Cyclone Michaung Updates, Flights cancelled: Cyclonic storm Michaung has disrupted life in Chennai. Because of this Chennai airport had to be closed.
Cyclone Michaung: Cyclonic storm Michaung has started having a tremendous impact in the states of South India. The maximum impact of this cyclonic storm has been seen in Chennai. According to NDTP report, more than one thousand flights connecting Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, had to be cancelled. The reason for this is that due to the heavy rains caused by cyclonic storm Michong, the city’s airport had to be completely closed.
Indigo has canceled 550 flights so far, while Vistara Airlines has canceled 10 flights since yesterday. Even though the rain has stopped in Chennai, the water accumulated due to the rain is still not able to come out. Due to this, flood like situation has arisen in the city. Cyclonic storm Michong is also slowly moving towards Andhra Pradesh. Due to this, heavy rains have started in Andhra Pradesh.
City submerged due to rain
Chennai Airport had closed its runway for departures and arrivals yesterday due to bad weather. Indigo resumed its flights from Chennai around noon. Due to Cyclone Michong, there was heavy torrential rain in Chennai since Sunday night, due to which the city was submerged. Trains and flights were cancelled. The cyclone is likely to hit Andhra Pradesh soon. Visakhapatnam airport is currently closed.
See list of canceled trains
Train No. 03358 Coimbatore-Barauni Special Express (06.12.2023)
Train No. 12246 SMVB-Howrah Express (05.12.2023)
Train No. 12509 SMVB-Guwahati Express (05.12.2023 & 06.12.2023)
Train No. 12660 Shalimar-Nagercoil Express (06.12.2023)
Train No. 12835 SMVB Express-Hatiya (05.12.2023)
Train No. 12840 Chennai-Howrah Express (05.12.2023 & 06.12.2023)
Train No. 12841 Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express (05.12.2023)
Train No. 12842 Chennai-Shalimar Coromandel Express (05.12.2023 & 06.12.2023)
Train No. 12864 SMVB-Howrah Express (05.12.2023 & 06.12.2023)
Train No. 12868 Puducherry-Howrah Express (06.12.2023)
Train No. 13352 Alleppey-Dhanbad Express (06.12.2023 & 07.12.2023)
Train No. 15227 SMVB-Muzaffarpur Express (07.12.2023)
Train No. 15630 Silghat Town-Tambaram Express (08.12.2023)
Train No. 17488 Visakhapatnam-Cuddapah Tirumala Express (05.12.2023)
Train No. 17487 Cuddapah-Visakhapatnam Tirumala Express (05.12.2023 & 06.12.2023)
Train No. 18190 Ernakulam-Tatanagar Express (05.12.2023)
Train No. 18638 SMVB-Hatia Express (05.12.2023)
Train No. 22503 Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh Vivek Express (06.12.2023 & 07.12.2023)
Train No. 22604 Villupuram-Kharagpur Express (05.12.2023)
Train No. 22603 Kharagpur-Villupuram Express (07.12.2023)
Train No. 22644 Patna-Ernakulam (07.12.2023)
Train No. 22838 Ernakulam-Hatiyal Express (06.12.2023)
Train No. 22842 Tambram-Santragachhi Express (06.12.2023)
Train No. 22864 SMVB-Howrah Express (06.12.2023)
Train No. 22870 Chennai-Vishakhapatnam Express (05.12.2023)