A young girl bespeaks hope as she looks at the Bay of Bengal one day after Cyclone Thane struck India's Tamil Nadu coast and the Union territory of Puducherry on New Year's Eve. (Venus Upadhayaya/The Epoch Times)"][/caption][gallery link="file" orderby="rand" exclude="167432,167433,167431
Promenade beach, also known as Goubert Avenue, near Puducherry, India, after Cyclone Thane passed through. The cyclone washed away huge boulders that were delivered to to the mile-long (1.5 kilometer) beach by the 2004 Tsunami. (Venus Upadhayaya/The Epoch Times)
PUDUCHERRY, India—Cyclone Thane pounded the southern coast of India Friday morning killing at least 35 people and leaving a trail of heavy damage on the Tamil Nadu coast and the Union territory of Puducherry (also known as Pondicherry).
The powerful 140 kmph (87 mph) winds and torrential rains battered fisheries along the coast in a frightening reminder of the 2004 tsunami that devastated the same area.
Rescue crews are working to remove uprooted trees and electrical poles blocking roads, restore power, and bring drinking water to the affected communities.
It will take some time to recover, say locals, faced with collapsed homes and destroyed fishing boats.
India's Puducherry Coast, following Cyclone Thane's arrival. Inset are the collapsed houses of poor people living in coconut-leafed huts on the coast. (Venus Upadhayaya/The Epoch Times)A young girl bespeaks hope as she looks at the Bay of Bengal one day after Cyclone Thane struck India's Tamil Nadu coast and the Union territory of Puducherry on New Year's Eve. (Venus Upadhayaya/The Epoch Times)
A young girl bespeaks hope as she looks at the Bay of Bengal one day after Cyclone Thane struck India's Tamil Nadu coast and the Union territory of Puducherry on New Year's Eve. (Venus Upadhayaya/The Epoch Times)”][/caption][gallery link=”file” orderby=”rand” exclude=”167432,167433,167431
A young girl bespeaks hope as she looks at the Bay of Bengal one day after Cyclone Thane struck India's Tamil Nadu coast and the Union territory of Puducherry on New Year's Eve. (Venus Upadhayaya/The Epoch Times)”][/caption][gallery link=”file” orderby=”rand” exclude=”167432,167433,167431
A young girl bespeaks hope as she looks at the Bay of Bengal one day after Cyclone Thane struck India's Tamil Nadu coast and the Union territory of Puducherry on New Year's Eve. (Venus Upadhayaya/The Epoch Times)”][/caption][gallery link=”file” orderby=”rand” exclude=”167432,167433,167431
