Thunderstorms hit Sivakasi

There was non stop lightning and thunders for three hours in Sivakasi town, on the ocassion of Vijayadashami. There was heavy rainfall at evening, from 06.00 p.m. to 00:00 p.m.. The rain pounded Sivakasi and its suburbs. Thousands of lightnings strikes for more than three hours. Lightning and thunders threatened Sivakasians in all the ways.

Sivakasi registered 122.30 mm of rain, the highest in the district in 24 hours ending 6 a.m. on Sunday, followed by Kovilankulam near Aruppukottai (103.8 mm), Tiruchuli (48.10), Aruppukottai (44), Virudhunagar (39.80), Kariyapatti (36.20), Sattur (32), Vembakottai (9.50), Watrap (7.20), Rajapalayam (7), Srivilliputtur (6.10) and Periyar Pilavakkal dam (4 mm).