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The 1964 Rameswaram cyclone (also known as the Dhanushkodi cyclone) was regarded as one of the most powerful storms to ever strike India on record. [1] The system was first identified as an area of low pressure over the Andaman Sea on December 15. Following interaction with a tropical wave, it began to develop and became a depression by ...
After 21 December 1964, it moved westwards, almost in a straight line, at the rate of 400 to 550 kilometres (250 to 340 mi) per day. On 22 December, it crossed Vavuniya in Sri Lanka and made landfall at Dhanushkodi on the night of 22–23 December 1964. Estimated wind velocity was 280 kilometres per hour (170 mph) and tidal waves were 7 metres ...
December 22–23 – India – At about midnight, during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone, train 653 from Pamban was approaching its terminus, the Palk Strait port of Dhanushkodi, when the signals failed. The driver decided to proceed, but the train was hit by a storm surge.
Dhanushkodi railway station is an abandoned railway station in Tamil Nadu, India. It was abandoned during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone. [1] [2] It is one of the two branch lines gets diverted from Pamban Junction one is Pamban Junction–Rameswaram Branch line and the other is Pamban Junction–Dhanushkodi Branch line. A train called Boat mail ...
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Red Asphalt is a series of instructional driver's education films and videos produced by the California Highway Patrol, known for their graphic depictions of fatal traffic collisions in a shockumentary style. [1] Horrendously injured and dismembered bodies are shown, typically those of negligent drivers.
4 April 1998 – Fatuha train crash: At least 11 passengers were killed and 50 were injured after the Howrah–Danapur Express derailed near Bihar's Fatuha due to sabotage. [ 78 ] [ 84 ] 24 April 1998 – At least 24 people were killed and more than 32 injured after 15 cars of a freight train collided with the Manmad–Kachiguda Express at ...
Dhanushkodi Beach lies on the tip of the Rameswaram island. [1] In this beach, the Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar Sea of Indian Ocean merge which is known as Arichal Munai in Tamil. [ 2 ] Before 1964, Dhanushkodi was a busy, crowded city.