Entire Puducherry town is flooded in yesterday’s heavy downpour of 46 cm rainfall, the highest since 2004 when it was 21 cm.

A column of 68 personnel from the 16 Madras regiment, including an officer and five junior commissioned officers, was deployed from Chennai at 2.00 am on December 1, with relief materials and medical supplies.

Chennai airport announced suspension of operations till 4 am on December 1 following heavy inundation of runways and the taxiway

Chennai Airport News Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), the Chennai (MAA) Airport shared a post late last night in which it mentioned that based on the meeting with IMD, Airlines, AAI and other stakeholders in view of the revised weather forecast and readiness of the operational area,

Cyclone Fengal made landfall near Puducherry, where 42 cm of rain was recorded, the highest in 30 years and also lead to flooding at several places, including Chennai, where three people were electrocuted.

The CM confirmed that four people lost their lives due to the cyclone and rains, and their families would each receive a solatium of Rs 5 lakh.

As the cyclonic storm made landfall near Puducherry on the Tamil Nadu coast on Saturday evening, both Chennai and Tamil Nadu faced flooding and waterlogging. Indian Army personnel took a quick call and rescued people from a flooded area in the aftermath of the landfall.

Cyclonic storm Fengal has commenced making landfall close to Puducherry and it may approximately take 4 hours for it to cross the coast completely, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

A relief operation led by the Indian Army and NDRF also began in the morning, with over 100 individuals being evacuated in the first two hours.

Cyclone Fengal caused record-breaking rains in Puducherry, which recorded 48.4 centimetres of rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Sunday. This marks the Union territory’s heaviest cumulative 24-hour rainfall in 30 years.