Friday, October 30, 2020

Midnight Rain

The northeast monsoon opened its doors with a bang of a thunderstorm and rain ever like before in the last three years, beginning from midnight to dawn, it poured near 200mm of rain in a brief time. The rain flooded the roads of Chennai city (yesterday) within an hour or two of the downpour, though it drained hours later into the day, the rain at night was such forceful to increased the risk of water entering our home as our terrace got flooded. The overflowing water that cascaded through the staircase filled the balcony and came close to the threshold.

Our threshold is less than an inch high (which we kept it low to allow the wheelchair to cross easily) had come boon in blocking the water, while our uncle’s portion, at the other end of the balcony, with a two-inch threshold, couldn’t stop the water from entering their home! They were busy throughout the night, pulling the water out of their living room since their balcony is a slight decline from ours, the water easily flows into their side to flood the home. And it’s a usual thing that happens with them, whenever it rains forcefully, but before it extends, we need to workout it sooner.


The night was roaring in a thunderstorm and a kind of laser show in lightning. Though I didn’t wake up to see all that happens outside, the sound of the activities and flash of lights conveyed me the drama. The garden of the house (pic above) opposite us was in stagnant rainwater, and it took nearly a day to recede. The metro water workers had dug a couple of digs (pic below) on our street, to clean up the drinking water pipes that was going on for some days, had messed up the place with heavy rains. The meteorologists predicted heavy rains further into the day, but as usual, the weather went in contrast to what they said, and there wasn’t rain after that.

9 comments:

ashok said...

Looks like a cloud burst

Tom said...

...too much of a good thing!

George said...

I’m glad the damage wasn’t worse because of the storm — you certainly got a lot of rain in a cohort time.

eileeninmd said...

Hello,

The monsoon rains are scary, I hope you all stay safe.
Take care, enjoy your weekend!

carol l mckenna said...

Hope you are doing well now ~ and hope all are safe~ What a storm!

We had rain, wind and some snow ~ today is sunny after a week of clouds and rain ~


Live each moment with love,

A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Bill said...

That's a lot of rain in such a short time.

Anita said...

Wow such great pictures Jeevan!Is it hot over there?I see he almost has no clothes on..wish we could have some sunny days over here..'is it a monsun time that cause so much rain?Great captured!

Hope all is well with you and family!

Keep on and do pictures!Very nice to see :))

Nancy Chan said...

Hope the flood water has subsided and everything is back to normal now. It is raining now at our place. These days the weather is so unpredictable.

Twilight Man said...

I think the current heavy rains is necessary to stir the folks to stay indoors at home to lower down the spread of Covid19.