The south peninsular region, including Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar islands, and Lakshadweep islands, recorded extreme weather events on 143 of the 273 days, which claimed 232 human lives, damaged 93,077.43 ha of crop area, 20,035 houses and killed 1,053 animals.