Evacuations are ongoing, with around 500 residents from VOC Nagar moved to safer areas. Rescue operations, paused due to heavy rains following Cyclone Fengal, resumed early Monday (December 2) morning.

Cyclone Fengal, which made landfall over Tamil Nadu's coastal regions on Saturday, has wreaked havoc, leaving at least 19 dead and causing widespread damage. The storm intensified into a

Cyclone Fengal, which has been lashing Tamil Nadu with heavy rainfall, caused a mudslide in Tiruvannamalai district on Sunday. Seven people, including five children, are feared trapped after a huge boulder fell on huts located on the lower slopes of Annamalaiyar Hill.

The IMD reports a depression (remnant of Cyclone Fengal) over north coastal Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, moving west-northwest.

According to the latest updates, schools and colleges in some parts of Tamil Nadu will remain closed due to heavy rainfall. Schools and colleges will be closed in Karaikal and Puducherry and also a few parts of Chennai.

All schools and colleges were closed for today in Puducherry and parts of Tamil Nadu as heavy rainfall triggered by Cyclone Fengal continued in those places. The cyclone weakened into a deep depression.

"Now the cyclone had crossed so actually our focus is now shifted to restoration of whatever the damage has been done. There were heavy rainfalls until now. In some areas, 56 centimeter rainfall has taken place from yesterday morning at 8.