: Recent floods in Chennai show that the city has learnt nothing from the 2015 deluge #IndiaNEWS November was a devastating month for flooding in Chennai. With 1,000 mm of rainfall in just four weeks,

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Recent floods in Chennai show that the city has learnt nothing from the 2015 deluge #IndiaNEWS
November was a devastating month for flooding in Chennai. With 1,000 mm of rainfall in just four weeks, these were the worst rains since the devastating floods of 2015 when it poured for 22 out of 30 days in December, setting a record of 1,049 mm.Then, as now, the flooding in Chennai was described as a man-made disaster, despite occurring during a storm called Cyclone Nivar. On both occasions, death, disruption and destruction was the result. India has faced more than 300 weather events in the last two decades, resulting in over 79,000 deaths.Tamil Nadu has long been known for its susceptibility to a long list of natural disasters: cyclones, storm surges, coastal flooding, torrential rainfall, earthquakes and tsunamis. India accounts for 24% of all disasters in Asia and Chennai ranks seventh in the list of India’s most vulnerable districts to extreme flooding and cyclones.The southern state’s 1,076 km of coastline makes up more than 13% of the total Indian coastline, bordered by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Indian Ocean in the south and the Arabian Sea in the west.Cyclones need a lot of heat (at least 26 degrees Celsius) to form, and warm tropical sea beds provide this energy. The Bay of Bengal has a deep layer of warm...Read more

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