Rain and flooding leave 10 dead in south Tamil Nadu
As many as 10 death were reported following rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu as heavy rainfall continued to batter parts of the state on Wednesday.
Several areas continued to reel under floods as authorities carried rescue and relief operations. Tamil Nadu Raj Bhawan took to social media to inform that the situation is “particularly bad in Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli” districts.
As heavy rainfall continued to batter parts of Tamil Nadu, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued no major warning in the state on Wednesday.
The weather department said, “Squally weather with wind speed 40-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph likely to prevail along and off South Tamil Nadu coast, over Gulf of Mannar and adjoining Comorin area. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these sea areas during above mentioned period.”
In the wake of no IMD alert, Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena said the forecast of heavy rainfall by the IMD was also ‘wrong’. He was quoted by PTI as saying, “…the IMD had predicted isolated to heavy, very heavy to extremely rainfall may occur in one or two places. This is what the forecast said. But Kayalpattinam (a municipality in Tuticorin district) received 115 cm rainfall in two days.”