The trail of destruction left by the slow-moving cyclone, which dumped record rains of 50 cm even in interior districts like Krishnagiri apart from many coastal districts, was visible on Monday with over 150 villages in Villupuram and Cuddalore alone still cut-off from the rest of the state.

District Collector D. Bhaskar Pandian said five children were among those trapped inside the house. They are yet to be traced. The incident occurred on Sunday evening when a landslide hit VOC Nagar, located at the foot of the Annamalaiyar Hills in Tiruvannamalai,

Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai and Cuddalore districts in north Tamil Nadu continue to reel under unprecedented flooding