Cyclone Thane through the lenses of Yahoo! readers

On the morning of December 30, Cyclone Thane, bearing winds of 140 kph, burst in from the Bay of Bengal and made landfall between Cuddalore and Puducherry on India's southeastern coast. Yahoo! India had carried a slideshow on the destruction left by the storm in Puducherry. Over the past few days several Yahoo! readers wrote in to share their experiences and sent their pictures. Here is an editor's selection of some of the most telling pictures from our readers in Puducherry, Cuddalore and Salem. One of our readers, Bakya Priya from Puducherry, wrote in with a touching, uplifting message that we have included in this slideshow. Thank you for your response. We wish you a safe and happy 2012 and we hope your lives have returned to normal.

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  1. Streets of Puducherry
  2. Cyclone Thane rages through Salem, Tamil Nadu
  3. Vehicles damaged by fallen trees
  4. Coconut palms bend and sway as Cyclone Thane lashes Puducherry
  5. Waterlogged streets of Puducherry
  6. Cyclone Thane devastation in Puducherry
  7. A waterlogged Goubert Avenue in Puducherry after Cyclone Thane made landfall.
  8. Uprooted trees litter the JIPMER campus
  9. Cyclone Thane in Puducherry
  10. Boats tossed ashore by Cyclone Thane
  11. Puducherry after Cyclone Thane
  12. Cyclone Thane wrecks tourism in Puducherry
  13. View of the flooded beach road in Puducherry
  14. Puducherry
  15. Wrecked post office in Puducherry
  16. Collapsed signposts in Puducherry
  17. Residents queue up for fuel in Puducherry
  18. Huge waves crash into the shore at Puducherry
  19. Calm, and hope, after the storm

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