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The relentless downpour, reminiscent of the 2015 deluge, paralysed daily life, prompting authorities to declare a public holiday on Tuesday.
The weather system is expected to persist till Thursday and thereafter become a deep depression and subside.
The southern railway has set up help desks for passengers at Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore.
The cyclone is expected to make landfall on the coast of Andhra Pradesh Tuesday morning.
The rains due to Cyclone Michaung, which is moving at the speed of 14 kmph in a north-northwest direction over the Southwest Bay of Bengal, have been battering Chennai for the past few hours.
The trains are cancelled as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of passengers.
Chennai and nearby Chengalpet, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts among others received widespread rains since late Sunday.
'Michaung' and is likely to hit with a maximum sustained wind speed of 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph, the IMD said.
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclone- 'Hamoon'.
The Met department has issued a yellow alert in four districts on Saturday including Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Idukki.
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