Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts on October 28 and weakened over land; deaths are reported as two, three or seven depending on the source, with crops hit on about 70,900 hectares and more than 28,000 people moved to shelters.
At least five people died and rescue work continued on October 8 after a four-storey building collapsed in New Seemapuri in northeast Delhi on October 7, with demolition work next door and cracks after Tuesday’s earthquake among the suspected causes.
Karnataka has estimated drought losses of Rs 46,324.50 crore across 177 taluks and sought Rs 7,142.64 crore from the Centre’s disaster fund as Chief Minister DK Shivakumar met the central assessment team on October 3.
Fifteen workers were rescued after a metal slab collapsed at a construction site in Gandhinagar’s Kudasan area, with 12 hospitalised and no casualties reported.