Cyclone Ockhi: 4 killed, 80 fishermen and 50 boats go missing in Kerala

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan held an emergency meeting of top officials to take stock of the situation

Four people were killed, at least 80 fishermen and 50 boats have gone missing as heavy rains and strong winds lashed southern part of the state after cyclonic storm Ockhi hit the Kerala coast, officials said.

The worst-affected districts were Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam where several trees were uprooted.

At Vizhinjam, a woman was crushed under a tree, while in Kollam, an auto driver died after a tree fell on his auto.

In the suburban town at Kattakada near here, a couple was electrocuted when they came in contact with a live wire that snapped and fell on the road after