Heavy rains claim five in TN
Heavy rain claimed five lives in some southern districts of Tamil Nadu and left some houses damaged, officials have said.
A pregnant woman,her one-and-a-half-year-old baby boy,and another boy were crushed to death when a wall collapsed near Sholavandan in Madurai district yesterday.
In another incident, a three-year old girl was buried alive when the hut in which she was sleeping was crushed in a landslip in the hills near Bodinayakanur in Theni district. Her parents and another sibling managed to escape.
A 12-year-old boy was washed away in flash floods following heavy rain when he was taking bath in a stream near Thucklay in Kanyakumari district yesterday.
While three houses were damaged in Madurai and Virudhungar district, 15 houses were damaged in Tiruvattar in Kanyakumari district, officials said.
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