Cyclone Tauktae severely damaged the breakwater of the under-construction Vizhinjam seaport and washed away vast amounts of stones and concrete pillars.
Cyclone Tauktae’s impact on Kerala was worsened by the infrastructure projects along its coast
Human activities like land reclamation, development of ports, shrimp farming, river diversions and sand mining have made the state vulnerable to climate change. 4 hours ago A fisher who lost his home in the Cyclone Taukte watches the crashing waves from a geotube seawall at coastal village Chellanam, Kerala. | KA Shaji / Mongabay India
An eerie silence is still prevailing over Chellanam, a coastal village panchayat located between Ernakulam and Alappuzha in Kerala, where cyclone Tauktae barrelled dangerously into the tiny houses of covid- battered fish workers a few days ago. Over 500 houses of the village were inundated in the worst-ever sea attack since Cyclone Ockhi of 2017.