At least six people had been killed as Cyclone Vardah howled through Chennai between 1pm and 2.30pm on Monday. Most of the deaths, including that of a 3-year-old boy took place due to incidents of wall collapse. Chennai was on its knees, fighting road blocks triggered by thousands of uprooted[Read More…]
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Cyclonic storm Vardah likely to make landfall; people advised to stay indoors
Tamil Nadu government issued an advisory asking people to stay indoors on Monday, with extremely heavy rainfall (20cm and above) being anticipated by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) during the day. The very severe cyclonic storm Vardah makes landfall around afternoon on Sunday. As the natural calamity is expected, the[Read More…]