People play on the Marina beach flooded with sea water on the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai, India, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. More than 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes Wednesday as a tropical storm approached southern India from the Bay of Bengal, officials said the storm, with wind speeds of up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour, was expected to reach land later Wednesday. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)