Nine people were killed at Pernambet in Tamil Nadu,’s Vellore district on Friday when the house in which they were staying collapsed in incessant rainfall. The deceased include four women and four children and one man. The house collapsed when the family was fast asleep.
Fire and Rescue personnel and the police rushed to the spot and took out those injured. Eight people were injured in the accident and are being given medical aid at the Peranmbet Government hospital. The bodies are at the Peranmbet Government hospital for post-mortem.
The development comes as the depression over Bay of Bengal crossed the coast between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh early on Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The system crossed the coast between Chennai and Puducherry.
As heavy spells of rains disturb normal life in southern India states, Andhra Pradesh on friday saw roads inundated in Tirupati. Tirumala, the abode of Lord Venkateswara, was caught in a massive flood of unprecedented scale.
Leaving hundreds of pilgrims stranded even as a heavy downpour under the influence of a depression in Bay of Bengal battered the temple-town Tirupati and many parts of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the authorities to be vigilant and take necessary measures in wake of the inclement weather.
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The weather department has predicted moderate rainfall at most places and heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places and extremely heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.
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