UNDRO 92/0766
INDIA - FLASH FLOODS
DHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
16 NOVEMBER 1992
SITUATION
1. TORRENTIAL RAINS TRIGGERED BY A CYCLONE IN THE BAY OF BENGAL HIT SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF TAMIL NADU AND KERALA STATE DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS, CAUSING FLASH FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. AT LEAST 179 PERSONS WERE KILLED (145 IN TAMIL NADU AND 34 IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF KERALA), SEVERAL HAVE BEEN REPORTED MISSING, AND MORE THAN HUNDRED RENDERED HOMELESS.