Chennai floods: Over 90 Malaysians still stranded, face food shortage

A man carries drinking water in a pitcher through a flooded street in Chennai, India, December 4, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

NEW DELHI: As Indian authorities intensify a massive search and rescue operation in flood-battered Chennai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, more than 90 Malaysians are still stranded in their hotel rooms and homes.  

With torrential rains expected in the next 36 hours, danger continues to lurk in Tamil Nadu, warns the Indian Meteorological Department.