Cyclone-hit Indians will take "years" to rebuild livelihoods

24 January 2012, 6:58 am

NEW DELHI (AlertNet) - It could take "years" for hundreds of thousands of people in southeastern India to rebuild their livelihoods after a devastating cyclone wiped out their entire plantations of cash crops last month, aid workers warned on Tuesday. Cyclone Thane killed 51 people when it struck the Indian state of Tamil Nadu around dawn on December 30. The storm disrupted the lives of more ...... Read More »

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