Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin expressed grief over the death of seven persons, including five children, killed in landslide caused by rain in Annamalaiyar Hill in Thiruvannamalai district and announced Rs 5 lakh solatium each to their kin on Tuesday.

Cyclone Fengal triggers a deadly landslide in India’s Tamil Nadu :::: Tamil Nadu, IndiaMud and debris surrounded houses on the side of an eroded hill, with large rocks brought down by the fatal landslide seen beside an excavator doing salvage work.

A second landslide hit the Tamil Nadu temple town of Tiruvannamalai Monday afternoon, a day after a first led to a boulder falling on a residential building and killing a family of seven people. The first took place Sunday at 4.

Rescue efforts with over 100 personnel from multiple agencies have been going on since Sunday with the NDRF joining the operations on Monday.

Cyclone Fengal made landfall on the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts on Saturday — causing severe flooding and heavy rainfall in several districts.

A 50-year-old daily wage laborer, G Arumugam, died after a mud wall of his house collapsed due to continuous rain in Nondimedu, Udhagamandalam. The Oo

As cyclone Fengal wreaked havoc in Tamil Nadu, it was reported that seven people died in Tiruvannamalai. Five bodies have been recovered by the officials. The search and rescue operations resumed on December 3 at 7:30 am.

A massive landslide in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, follows Cyclone Fengal's devastation, causing flooding and ongoing rescue operations.- Watch Video on English Oneindia