Showing posts with label Extreme Weather; Southern India; Flooding; Fatalities Recorded. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Extreme Weather; Southern India; Flooding; Fatalities Recorded. Show all posts

Saturday, December 05, 2015

18 Die In India Hospital As Floods Cut Off Power


Weeks of inundation by torrential rains has left several parts of southern India including the key city of Chennai flooded. Image credits: Press Trust of India

Officials say 18 patients have died in a hospital after rain waters knocked out generators of the building in southern India's Tamil Nadu state that has been hit by severe floods over the past week. State officials are investigating complaints of negligence by hospital authorities in the state capital Chennai, which is reeling from unprecedented floods.