Tamil Nadu Floods National Calamity

NDTV visits the devastated Sri Parangusanallur in the Srivaikuntam taluk of Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district to assess the impact of the floods.

In the wake of unprecedented floods ravaging southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have joined hands to undertake rescue operations.

A pregnant woman and a one-and-a-half-year-old child, stranded due to floods in Tamil Nadu, were among four people rescued by Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters today and taken to safety in Madurai.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the "unprecedented" northeast monsoon has killed 470 people and nearly one lakh livestock besides damaging crops in over 3.83 lakh hectares in the state.

Tamil Nadu floods have been declared a "calamity of severe nature" by the Centre, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said today. This comes a day after she wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to declare the floods in the state a "national calamity".

AIADMK member M. Thambidurai today demanded that floods in the wake of heavy rains in Tamil Nadu should be declared a national calamity.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the unprecedented floods in the state as a national calamity and proposed measures, including a moratorium on home and vehicle loans, to enable affected families rebuild lives.

NDTV visits the devastated Sri Parangusanallur in the Srivaikuntam taluk of Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district to assess the impact of the floods.

In the wake of unprecedented floods ravaging southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have joined hands to undertake rescue operations.

A pregnant woman and a one-and-a-half-year-old child, stranded due to floods in Tamil Nadu, were among four people rescued by Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters today and taken to safety in Madurai.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the "unprecedented" northeast monsoon has killed 470 people and nearly one lakh livestock besides damaging crops in over 3.83 lakh hectares in the state.

Tamil Nadu floods have been declared a "calamity of severe nature" by the Centre, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said today. This comes a day after she wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to declare the floods in the state a "national calamity".

AIADMK member M. Thambidurai today demanded that floods in the wake of heavy rains in Tamil Nadu should be declared a national calamity.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the unprecedented floods in the state as a national calamity and proposed measures, including a moratorium on home and vehicle loans, to enable affected families rebuild lives.