A massive landslide struck the temple town of Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, just one day after another devastating landslide trapped several people in a residential building. The region has been battered by heavy rainfall following Cyclone Fengal’s landfall near Chennai.

In view of the unprecedented devastation caused by flooding in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal , Tamil Nadu Chief

Cyclone Fengal made landfall on the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts on Saturday — causing severe flooding and heavy rainfall in several districts.

I have personally visited some of the most affected districts today. The catastrophic event has resulted in a loss of 12 human lives, 2,416 huts, 721 houses, and 963 cattle, besides inundation of 2,11,

Cyclone Fengal remnants bring historic rainfall to Tamil Nadu, expected to weaken and move westward by Tuesday.

Cyclone Fengal has caused severe flooding in Tamil Nadu, with parked buses being swept away in Uthangarai due to the overflowing Parasaneri Lake.

According to the latest updates, schools and colleges in some parts of Tamil Nadu will remain closed due to heavy rainfall. Schools and colleges will be closed in Karaikal and Puducherry and also a few parts of Chennai.

All schools and colleges were closed for today in Puducherry and parts of Tamil Nadu as heavy rainfall triggered by Cyclone Fengal continued in those places. The cyclone weakened into a deep depression.

"Now the cyclone had crossed so actually our focus is now shifted to restoration of whatever the damage has been done. There were heavy rainfalls until now. In some areas, 56 centimeter rainfall has taken place from yesterday morning at 8.