Incessant rains claim 9 lives in VILLUPURAM

Incessant rains in Tamil Nadu for the past few days, has claimed the lives of 17 people in the state. The victims, which included nine women, were mostly killed by wall collapse, lightning and flash floods, police sources here said . Villupuram district bore the brunt of the rain fury as six people were killed in rain-related incidents.

While four died after being struck by lightning, a woman was washed away in flash floods in Gomuki river. A fisherman, who set out for fishing, was found dead in his boat near Marakkanam coast in Villupuram district, after he was struck by lightning, sources added.

While three people died in Tiruchirapalli district, two died in the nearby Karur district and one each in Perambalur, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamali, Tiruvallur, Erode and Cuddalore districts, the sources added.