Rescuers in southern India yesterday searched for six tanker crew missing after their lifeboat capsized as a cyclone slammed into the coast overnight, forcing thousands to flee and killing eight.

Crops, mostly paddy, in 76,980 hectares are in water

As heavy rains continued to lash Andhra Pradesh due to 'Nilam' cyclonic storm, standing crops in about 77,000 hectares have been affected. "Crops, mostly paddy, in 76,980 hectares are in water. It is not that all of that crop is damaged. Once the water recedes, the district officials would enumerate and send reports," state Revenue Minister N Raghuveera Reddy said in a briefing today.

The Navy, Coast Guard and Tamil Nadu Police are continuing their search for five crew members of cargo ship, MT Pratibha Cauvery, who went missing in the sea due to cyclonic storm Nilam on Wednesda

New Delhi: The city experienced shallow fog for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as still air and high moisture levels arising from Cyclone Nilam resulted in low visibility conditions almost

The cyclone has left two people dead so far

The coastal districts of Tamil Nadu were hit by Cyclone Nilam this evening. With wind speeds of up to 100 km/hour, it severely affected many areas in Tamil Nadu, as well as Andhra Pradesh. According to PTI reports, the cyclone left two people dead. Most industrial houses, schools and offices in the coastal districts were closed on Wednesday. Heavy winds damaged roads here, as well as those in other coastal areas. Power cuts were also reported. Initial estimates pegged economic losses from the storm at Rs 70-80 crore. Government officials said the figure was expected to rise.

Cyclone Nilam made landfall on the Tamil Nadu coast near Chennai, between Mahabalipuram and Kalpakkam — the site of a nuclear power plant — on Wednesday evening, bringing heavy rainfall and strong

33 Killed As Storm Lashes East Coast

Coastal Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are bracing up to face cyclone Nilam.