Another Landslide Hits Tamil Nadu Temple Near Spot Where 7 Of Family Trapped
NDTV
Tamil Nadu has been battered by heavy rainfall since the weekend after Cyclone Fengal crossed the coast near state capital Chennai.
A second landslide hit the Tamil Nadu temple town of Tiruvannamalai Monday afternoon, a day after a first led to a boulder falling on a residential building and trapping five to seven people.
The first landslide took place Sunday at 4.30 pm on the lower slopes of the famous Annamalaiyar Hill after heavy rainfall - courtesy Cyclone Fengal, which crossed the coast Saturday afternoon near capital Chennai - battered the district. Rescue ops - aided by a team of experts from the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai - are ongoing, but have been hampered by heavy rain and the threat of another boulder balanced precariously further uphill.
