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After the 2015 Floods, Chennai Only Exploited the People Who Were Cleaning it

Krupa Ge 27/06/2019

"Hundreds of workers complained that they were transported to...

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NCCR Develops Warning System for Flooding in Chennai With Ward-Level Detail

The Wire Staff 22/10/2018

C-FLOWS is a six-module ensemble to predict flooding due...

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Tamil Nadu’s Chembarambakkam Lake Foretells an Aridity in the Sands of Time

Anupama Chandrasekaran 10/10/2018

“People have left Chennai because of war, they’ve left...

Credit: Bhavani Raman

The Curious Disappearance of the Ennore Creek

Bhavani Raman 13/11/2017

Along with the fate of the creek and that...

Last Year’s Chennai Deluge Not Due to Climate Change

Joydeep Gupta 23/12/2016

Researchers say the rainfall on December 1, 2015 cannot...

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Infinite in All Directions: the Killer Lake, Whistling in the Caribbean and Re-flooding Chennai

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/06/2016

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