In pictures: Chennai flooding
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Tamil Nadu has been struggling to cope with flooding caused by the heaviest rainfall in a century
More than 260 people have been killed in the flooding
About 7,000 people have been rescued so far by the army and the National Disaster Response force
"There are people who haven't eaten for days. They have seen their possessions float away from the house," said an eyewitness
Chennai, with a population of 9.6 million, was completely unprepared for the deluge
The federal weather office has predicted two more days of torrential rain
The region's biggest airport and large parts of Chennai city were submerged
Power supply was erratic after the city turned off electricity to prevent deaths by electrocution
The government has set up 97 relief camps to provide food and shelter for about 62,000 people
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "pained by the devastation" he had seen