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Cyclonic Storm Fengal was a deadly tropical cyclone that brought significant flooding and damage to Southern India and Sri Lanka. The fourth cyclonic storm of the 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Fengal originated from a tropical disturbance off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia on 14 November. It killed at least 37 people; 20 in India and ...
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 ...
Rescuers waded through waist-high water in India's Puducherry region as Cyclone Fengal brought the heaviest 24-hour rainfall in 30 years to the region according to the country's weather office.
It intensified further into a depression on 25 November, moving northwestwards towards Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka coast. On 26 November, it intensified further into a deep depression, later moving into Sri Lanka. On 29 November, the system strengthened into a cyclonic storm and hence was named Fengal by the IMD. [61]
On November 23, a low pressure area formed over east equatorial Indian ocean and south-east Bay of Bengal. It moved westward (Towards Tamil Nadu - Sri Lanka coasts) and intensified into a depression on November 25. [51] On November 29, the depression intensified into cyclone Fengal. [52]
Cyclone Fengal; G. Golaghat highway accident; H. 2024 Indian heat wave; I. 2024 India floods; J. 2024 Jhansi hospital fire; ... 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisoning;
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Super Cyclonic Storm Sixteen was the most powerful cyclone to strike Tamil Nadu and Ceylon. It also overturned a passenger train and killed 200 people on board. [ 19 ] It destroyed the town of Dhanushkodi because of a 25 ft (7.6 m) storm surge and after that, the Government of Madras said that it was 'unfit for human civilization' and declared ...