A 9-year-old girl allegedly died while his brother was left injured after a wall of a house fell on them in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvarur district, police said, adding that the house collapse was triggered by heavy rains.
Due to this flooding, tourists are prohibited from bathing near the waterbodies adjacent to the Old Courtallam Falls, which is a major tourist attraction in the district, an official said.
Kovilpatti Nagar, Inammaniyachi, Chitangulam, Ilupbaiyurani, Mooppanpatti, Pandavarmangalam, Manditoppu, and Nalatin Puthur were the places in the district where the rain was heavy.
As Tamil Nadu grapples with the aftermath of the cyclone and flooding, the railway track in Alwarthirunagari has been damaged due to heavy rainfall in the Thoothukudi district. Repair work is underway.
In the aftermath of the devastating Cyclone Michaung, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured support to Tamil Nadu and deputed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to assess the flood situation.
The Indian Air Force dropped over 11 tons of relief materials in 12 different places in Thoothukudi District on Saturday on its fifth day of continued Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations in the Southern Tamil Nadu city which was hit by heavy rain on December 18 and
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that the state government has taken all possible precautions and measures for the welfare of the people in the wake of the situation.
Passengers stranded at Srivakuntam Railway station for almost three days due to heavy rains on December 18 emotionally broke down when they reached Egmore railway station in Chennai on Wednesday.