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The 1964 Rameswaram cyclone (also known as the Dhanushkodi cyclone) was regarded as one of the most powerful storms to ever strike India on record. [1] The system was first identified as an area of low pressure over the Andaman Sea on December 15. Following interaction with a tropical wave, it began to develop and became a depression by ...
The 1964 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was a highly above average season becoming the most active since 1936. It one of the most active seasons for the time until the record was surpassed by 1975. It had no bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November.
Boat mail express ran from Chennai Egmore to Dhanushkodi till 1964 when the metre-gauge branch line from Pamban to Dhanushkodi was destroyed during the 1964 Dhanushkodi cyclone. [8] [9] In 2003, Southern Railway sent a project report to Ministry of Railways for re-laying a 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) railway line to Dhanushkodi from Rameswaram. The ...
26 October – A 69-year old man was killed after he was struck by a loose brake shoe from a passenger train running from Rameswaram to Madurai in Tamil Nadu while he was walking near the railway track. [247] 27 October – Mhow - Ratlam Fast Passenger, a DEMU caught fire between Runija and Naugaon stations in Madhya Pradesh. [248]
Cyclone Dana live: Schools closed and train cancelled. Thursday 24 October 2024 09:23, Stuti Mishra. Authorities in India's eastern states have closed schools, cancelled more than 200 trains ...
The beach of Rameswaram is featured with no waves at all – the sea waves rise to a maximum height of 3 cm (0.10 ft) and the view looks like a very big river. [citation needed] Rameswaram has dry tropical climate with low humidity, [27] with average monthly rainfall of 75.73 mm (2.981 in), [27] mostly from North-East monsoon from October to ...
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Dhanushkodi railway station is an abandoned railway station in Tamil Nadu, India.It was abandoned during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone. [1] [2] It is one of the two branch lines gets diverted from Pamban Junction one is Pamban Junction–Rameswaram Branch line and the other is Pamban Junction–Dhanushkodi Branch line.