Summary
The chief minister called the Union Home Minister to explain the damage and ask for help from the central government.
Many people were moved to safe shelters, and teams are working to repair the damage and bring back electricity.
Key Points
3 points1
Over 70,000 hectares of farms were flooded, hurting the food that people grow.
2
About 10,500 hectares of garden crops were also damaged.
3
The state asked the national government to send experts to check the loss and give money for fixing things.
New Words to Learn
9 wordscyclone
a huge storm with very strong winds and heavy rain
chief minister
the leader of a state in India
Union Home Minister
the national leader who looks after safety and order in the whole country
hectare
a big piece of land about the size of 100 soccer fields
inundated
filled with water
evacuated
taken to a safer place
relief
help given to people after a disaster
rehabilitation
repairing and fixing things after they are broken
assessment
checking how much damage there is
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