16 killed in Sri Lanka, 3 in India
Reuters
01 December, 2024, 04:05 pm
Final modified: 01 December, 2024, 04:08 pm
Cyclone Fengal killed now no longer decrease than 19 of us in India and Sri Lanka and precipitated flooding in Tamil Nadu philosophize and the Puducherry self-discipline after crossing India’s southern hover from the Bay of Bengal on Saturday.
Puducherry had been hit by the heaviest 24-hour rainfall in 30 years, India’s climate place of job said on social media on Sunday.
The cyclone left factors of the southern city of Chennai inundated. Flights from the city were temporarily suspended on Saturday, nonetheless had resumed as of early Sunday morning, India’s airport authority said.
Visuals on native media showed gusty winds and heavy rainfall with roads submerged and boats being feeble to rescue of us.
The Indian military used to be running reduction operations in Puducherry for of us in the look of the storm, while rainfall eased in Chennai.
In Sri Lanka, 16 of us were killed, with heavy rains affecting a total of 138,944 households, the latest data from the Grief Administration Centre in Colombo showed.
