Operations at Chennai (Madras) Airport in India have been suspended after cyclone Michaung hit the region. Flights were not able to take off due to gusty wind and rains, but also water from the Adyar River had entered the tarmac.
During severe floods in 2015, airport authorities forced the closure of the airport for at least four days. A study to prevent flooding, ordered after the 2015 floods, is yet to be made public.
Many passengers awaited their flights but got stranded for hours. Since yesterday, 400 flights were cancelled.
Cyclone Michaung has caused extensive flooding at Chennai Airport and closed the airport. About 400 flights have been affected today. https://t.co/x5au4p4Wq3
A) VOMM B) 2312040625 C) 2312041730 E) AIRFIELD NOT AVBL OPS DUE HAZARDOUS MET CONDITIONS INCLUDING CROSSWIND COMPONENT… pic.twitter.com/CZlKffQysu
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 4, 2023
?? Fermeture de l’aéroport de Madras en Inde en raison du cyclone Michaung.
??L’aéroport est totalement inondé & plus de 400 vols annulés depuis hier. pic.twitter.com/LQudy23R8f
— air plus news (@airplusnews) December 4, 2023
04-12-2023 12:30 AM #cyclonemichaung 90kms from Chennai. Intensified into Severe Cyclonic storm. To move parallel to South Andhra Coast pic.twitter.com/pl0YgMzPCl
— Tamilnadu Weather-IMD (@ChennaiRmc) December 4, 2023
5 amazing pictures: Chennai Airport flooded, flight operations suspended, passengers stranded
