| | Cyclone Michaung swept inland on Tuesday, striking the Andhra Pradesh coast, bringing with it torrential rainfall, howling winds, and leaving behind a trail of destruction across the south-eastern Indian coast and leading to the deaths of at least 18 people over the past two days. Winds gusting at 110kmph tore through coastal villages and cities in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu through much of Tuesday, uprooting trees, snapping power and phone lines, and causing widespread damage to standing crops. A day earlier, as Michaung barrelled towards the Indian coast, it brought extensive rain and submerged much of Chennai, damaging infrastructure and leaving at least 17 people dead on Monday and Tuesday. | | | THE BIG STORY Cyclone makes landfall, 17 people die in Chennai Cyclone Michaung swept inland on Tuesday, striking the Andhra Pradesh coast, bringing with it torrential rainfall, howling winds, and leaving behind a trail of destruction across the south-eastern Indian coast and leading to the deaths of at least 18 people over the past two days. Michaung made landfall as a severe cyclonic storm near Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, adding that it was moving northwards at a speed of 11kmph. Read more. | FROM THE FIELD Rajput Karni Sena leader shot dead in Jaipur home Armed gunmen on Tuesday shot dead Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, the chief of the Hindu right-wing group Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena (SRRKS), in his Jaipur residence, said police, a murder that triggered fierce protests by Rajputs across Rajasthan. Hours after the incident, a member of notorious jailed criminal Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang claimed responsibility for the murder in a social media post. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | THE BIG QUESTION Who has been picked as the next Telangana CM? Anumula Revanth Reddy, the firebrand local leader who steered the Congress to its first victory in Telangana, was named on Tuesday as the next chief minister of the southern state. He is set to take oath on December 7. Reddy, 54, heads the Telangana unit of the party and was instrumental in the Congress trouncing the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the recently concluded assembly elections. Read more. | Photo of the Day Citizen Bimlesh | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |
