A woman looks for salvageable items in a house damaged by high tides at Pattinapakkam beach in Chennai on Saturday, following the cyclonic storm Mandous. AFP
Cyclone Mandous, which made landfall late on Friday night, damaged 185 houses and huts, Tamil Nadu’s chief minister, MK Stalin, told reporters. The storm uprooted 400 trees in the state capital Chennai, a hub for auto makers and technology firms.
A man walk pasts a Merry-go-round ride damaged by high winds at Marina beach in Chennai. AFP
Nearly 25,000 people, including disaster relief personnel, were involved in the relief work, and more than 9,000 people were moved to safety in 201 relief camps, Stalin said.
"We are still assessing damages”, he told reporters, as he visited some of the affected areas.
Mandous had weakened from an earlier severe category as it swept past Sri Lanka, where schools were closed on Friday due to high air pollution levels from the storm.
It was expected to gradually weaken into a low-pressure area, India's meteorological department tweeted on Saturday.
Reuters