Panic grips Nagapattinam after fresh Tsunami alert

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa, who was supposed to visit Akkaraipettai, has cancelled her visit at the last moment.

Panic gripped the coastal belt of Nagapattinam with the Met office warning of yet another tsunami striking the district on Thursday.

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Officials evacuated people from coastal belts and asked them not to go anywhere near the sea.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who was supposed to visit Akkaraipettai fishing hamlet, has cancelled her visit at the last moment.

Thanjavur District Collector J Radkrishnan, who is overseeing the relief operations in the district, asked the residents of Akkaraipettai to evacuate immediately.