Question

GAJA lashes Cauvery Delta

Answer 1

The Gaja cyclone is one of the worst cyclones that the Cauvery delta has experienced.

On November 16, 2018 Gaja stormed the Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Thanjavur districts of the Cauvery delta with its eye at Vedaranyam. The winds at a speed of 120 km/hour lashed out everything in its path.

Damages caused by the cyclone

• Nearly 63 people died.
• The agricultural fields were destroyed.
• Fishing boats were ravaged.
• Trees were uprooted.
• Houses and buildings were destroyed.
• Cattle and birds were killed.
• Electric lines were damaged.

Thus it caused a massive destruction of the livelihood, leaving many people homeless, food less and jobless.