8 killed ,12 fishing boats missing due to Ockhi cyclone

Tamil Nadu/ kerala Nov 30: On Thursday, southern coast of Tamil Nadu and Kerala was lashed by heavy rains and winds as the Cyclone from Bay of Bengal name Ockhi hammered the region.

Tamil nadu reported four deaths and same number of deaths were reported by Kerala. Several trees were uprooted and houses were damaged.

Trees fell on houses killing five people and two other died after touching live wires.



The toll may go up as reports from other areas has not been received yet and the communication has been cut off.

At least 12 fishing boats set off to the seas from Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam coasts on Wednesday night are reported to be missing.

Navy helicopters have begun search operations to locate the missing fishermen.