Cyclone Ockhi death toll rises to 36
Kuzhithurai station bordering Kerala, leading to Southern Railways cancelling two trains-Tiruchirapalli-Trivandrum Intercity and KochuveliNagercoil passenger, besides partially cancelling five other trains.
Ninetysix fishermen are still missing from Kerala following the cyclone causing havoc to the state's coastal region, according to official estimates.
Rescue operations are going on in full swing to trace the missing fishermen.
Sources in the state control room monitoring the rescue operations, said with the recovery of three more bodies, the death toll in Kerala due to the cyclone has gone up to 36.
While a body was recovered near Alappuzha by the Marine enforcement wing, two bodies were found by Coast Guard ship Vaibhav off Alappuzha-Kochi coast this morning, defence sources said.
An Air Force aircraft AN 32, flying between Kozhikode-Kochi coasts sighted a fishing boat with about 15 fishermen this morning following which Navy sent a Dornier aircraft and ship to the area which is close to Lakshadweep islands, the sources said.
The fishermen said they only wanted food and water and that they would reach the shore on their own in the boat. Meanwhile, shipping services from Kozhikode to Lakshadweep began today with around 60 passengers boarding the high speed vessel from Beypore this morning.