Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who relocated to Chennai for his mother's treatment, was amongst those stranded in the floods as Cyclone Michaung hit near Bapatla on the Andhra Pradesh coast. The actor was eventually rescued after 24 hours.

India's state-run Press Information Bureau is facing online mockery after tweeting an edited image of PM Narendra Modi surveying deadly Chennai floods.

A massive rescue operation is under way to reach stranded people in the flood-hit southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras).