Flooded Pandiyan Nagar area following heavy rainfall in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal, in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Villupuram: After making landfall near Puducherry on November 30, Cyclone Fengal weakened on Sunday, but torrential downpour under its influence paralysed the union territory, with the Army stepping in to evacuate stranded persons in inundated streets. Old-timers recalled such a fury of nature was not witnessed in this tiny UT for the last three decades.
Villupuram in neighbouring Tamil Nadu also suffered following heavy rains and inundation, with Chief Minister M K Stalin terming the rainfall in the district as ‘unprecedented.’
NDRF personnel evacuate people from a flooded area in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal, in Puducherry, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (PTI Photo)NDRF personnel evacuate a resident from a flooded area in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal, in Puducherry, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (PTI Photo)A man wades through a flooded road in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal, in Puducherry, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (PTI Photo) NDRF personnel shift residents from a flood hit area after landfall of Cyclone Fengal, in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (PTI Photo)Tamil Nadu Dy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin provides relief material to people from areas affected by heavy rains owing to cyclone Fengal, in Villupuram district, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (PTI Photo) NDRF personnel evacuate people from a flooded area in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal, in Puducherry, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (PTI Photo)
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