Eight dead as cyclone batters India's southeast coast

Chest-high water surged down the streets of India's southern city Chennai on Tuesday, with eight people killed in intense floods as Cyclone Michaung made landfall on the southeast coast. 

The cyclone hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh state as a "severe cyclonic storm" with winds up to 100 kilometres an hour (62 mph), the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Cars were seen floating on raging torrents in Chennai, homes were flooded and a crocodile was spotted swimming the streets in the city.