4 people were killed as heavy rains and strong winds battered parts of Kanyakumari. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert of heavy rainfall in the town and several other places in Tamil Nadu. Cyclone Ockhi, lashing parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala with torrential rains and gusty winds, was approaching the Lakshadweep archipelago, a top official at the Ministry of Earth Sciences said on Thursday.
The cyclonic storm was "very likely" to move west- northwestwards towards Lakshadweep Islands and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours, the Cyclone Warning Division of India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned.
4 people were killed as heavy rains and strong winds battered parts of Kanyakumari. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert of heavy rainfall in the town and several other places in Tamil Nadu. Cyclone Ockhi, lashing parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala with torrential rains and gusty winds, was approaching the Lakshadweep archipelago, a top official at the Ministry of Earth Sciences said on Thursday.
The cyclonic storm was "very likely" to move west- northwestwards towards Lakshadweep Islands and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours, the Cyclone Warning Division of India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned.