December 01, 2024 The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) deployed 1,686 motor pumps across the city to manage rainwater drainage as 553 locations experienced waterlogging due to the ongoing rainfall as of 8 p.

The cyclone left 16 people dead in Sri Lanka and three in India on Sunday. Heavy rain caused by the storm affected nearly 139,000 families, according to latest data from the Disaster Management Centre in Colombo.

NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry region after crossing India's southern coast from the Bay of Bengal on Saturday.

At least three people were killed in rain-related incidents as Cyclone Fengal made landfall on south India’s eastern coast, uprooting trees and flooding roads. The cyclone made landfall near the union territory of Puducherry on Saturday night,

Cyclone Fengal submerges swathes of southeastern India:: Puducherry, India:: 1 December, 2024:: Chennai, IndiaSome residents in the city of Puducherry were seen wading in knee-high waters, while others,

Puducherry: Cyclone Fengal brought heavy rain and flooding to Puducherry and the nearby Tamil Nadu district of Villupuram. Numerous houses and flats in both regions were submerged due to the intense downpour.

Cyclone Fengal-triggered heavy rains accompanied by gusty winds lashed northern Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry on Saturday, prompting a shutdown of the Chennai airport, and inundated many parts of the city but there were no immediate reports of a major damage,