Four people were killed on Monday in neighboring Tamil Nadu state, according to officials, and a 4-year-old son died in the Tirupati city after the wall collapsed, C Nagaraju, executive chairman of the government’s disaster management authority, said.
One of India’s busiest airports was shut down until Tuesday morning in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, a significant center for electronics and manufacturing, where floodwaters swept cars ahead and submerged an runway.
Local media images revealed grounded aircraft with covered wheels. Power lines were also damaged by the rain and gusts, and plants were uprooted, according to authorities.
Due to heavy rains, Foxconn and Pegatron in Taiwan stopped producing Apple iPhones at their services close to Chennai, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Landslides in Tamil Nadu in December 2015 killed at least 290 citizens and damaged a large area.