rainfall deaths
Cyclone Ditwah: 4 Deaths Reported as Heavy Rains Impact Tamil Nadu Coast and Agricultural Regions
Dec 02, 2025 09:38 pm CST
Cyclone Ditwah has claimed four lives in Tamil Nadu through electrical accidents and structural collapses. The disaster has damaged over 1,600 properties and caused extensive flooding of agricultural lands, with government compensation announced at Rs 20,000 per hectare. Relief efforts continue as the cyclone weakens to a depression moving toward the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coastline.
Record-Breaking Monsoon in Jharkhand Claims 458 Lives as Climate Change Intensifies Rainfall Patterns
Oct 09, 2025 02:40 pm CST
Jharkhand experienced its most severe monsoon in a decade, recording 1,199.5mm of rainfall that claimed 458 lives through lightning strikes, drowning, and other disasters. The unprecedented deluge destroyed hundreds of homes, damaged thousands more, and devastated over 2,390 hectares of farmland, with meteorologists attributing the extreme weather to climate change and unusual Bay of Bengal activity.