An impact of the Gaja cyclone, 2018 in karambakudi taluk, pudukottai, Tamil Nadu was the deep depression strengthened into a cyclonic storm named Gaja that was originated on November 5 in Gulf of Thailand and intensified into a depression over the Bay of Bengal on November 10 with a wind speed of 145km/h. Gaja crossed pudukottai on Friday the entire district received just 43mm rainfall it was the wind velocity that left the district shattered.

Keywords : Gaja cyclone, mortality, Borassus flabellifer.