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Chennai flooded as heavy rains from Cyclone Michaung hit India

CHENNAI/HYDERABAD: Rescuers used boats to reach people trapped in their homes amid widespread flooding in Chennai, India, on Wednesday after Cyclone Michaung made landfall on the southern coast, bringing heavy rain and winds that uprooted trees and damaged roads. An estimated 13 people, most of them in the manufacturing hub of Tamil Nadu, died in flooding caused by torrential rains that preceded the cyclone, which made landfall in Andhra Pradesh state on Tuesday afternoon. Rescuers used inflatable rafts and ropes to pull people from their homes in Chennai, a city of more than 6 million people and a major auto