Apple iPhone production at major hub in India hit by heavy rain

Foxconn, which employs about 35,000 people at its Tamil Nadu iPhone factory, has yet to decide whether to resume production on Tuesday, two sources said.

This is the second time in recent months that Pegatron has been forced to shut its factory, having temporarily halted assembly of iPhones after a fire in September.

Taiwan's Foxconn and Pegatron have halted production of Apple iPhones at their factories near Chennai in southern India because of heavy rains, four sources close to the matter said.

Heavy rains lashed the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state, a major electronics and manufacturing hub, with floodwater sweeping away cars and shutting its airport as Cyclone Michaung headed down the coast to the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh.