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The 2005 Chennai floods were some of the worst floods to have hit the city of Chennai, India. The floods occurred during the North-East monsoon season (November-December 2005) as a result of heavy rain. Over 50 people were killed in two incidents of stampede for food and money in relief camps.
The final landfalling storm of the season, Fanoos brought heavy rainfall to Tamil Nadu, with a daily peak of 350 mm (14 in) in Ramanathapuram. [1] The rains heavily damaged crops across Tamil Nadu, [18] although damage was less than expected. [22] It was the fifth storm to affect southern India in six weeks. [23]
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2005. The year began with a weak El Niño, although this would fade into a neutral phase later in the year. [1] The most common weather events to have a significant impact are blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. [1] On Earth , most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere , the troposphere , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] just below the stratosphere .
The 2005 December Chennai stampede incident happened on 18 December 2005 in a school at MGR Nagar in Chennai, the capital of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where the relief supplies were distributed by the state government for the people affected by severe flooding. There were 42 deaths in the accident, which left another 37 injured.
Climate change can also be used more broadly to include changes to the climate that have happened throughout Earth's history. [32] Global warming—used as early as 1975 [33] —became the more popular term after NASA climate scientist James Hansen used it in his 1988 testimony in the U.S. Senate. [34] Since the 2000s, climate change has ...
The Climate of Tamil Nadu, India is generally tropical and features fairly hot temperatures over the year except during the monsoon seasons. The city of Chennai lies on the thermal equator , [ 1 ] which means Chennai and Tamil Nadu does not have that much temperature variation.
10 March – TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) slashes tariffs for international bandwidth prices by up to 70% with effect from 1 April. 16 March – Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri , accused of the bombing of Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all counts.