A tropical storm weakened on Thursday after slamming into southern India, bringing heavy rain and a storm surge and displacing 150,000 people. Six deaths have been reported in India and Sri Lanka.

At least 47 people were killed when a fire engulfed a carriage on a moving train in southern India today, officials said.

Heavy rains lashed the southern Indian coast and nine people were reported dead as a cyclonic storm touched the coastline today.

MASSIVE tidal waves triggered by an Indonesian earthquake slammed into southern India yesterday, killing more than 2,000 people and sweeping away boats, homes and vehicles, officials said.