On Monday night, authorities in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, said six people in the city had died as the impending storm unleashed rains that caused trees to topple and walls to collapse, and submerged roads and cars in knee-deep waters.

A powerful storm began making landfall along India’s southeastern coastline on Tuesday, unleashing torrential rains and strong winds that killed at least eight people, officials said.

Heavy rain, floods and strong winds struck India’s southern and eastern coastlines on Monday as authorities warned that a tropical cyclone was likely to make landfall on Tuesday

Cyclone Michaung has made landfall between Nellore and Kavali in Andhra Pradesh, the state chief minister's office said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had said that the storm will have wind speeds up to 110km/h (68mph),