This is the horrifying moment a wall collapsed during a landslide, killing five children and two parents in India.

Dramatic footage shows a section of the Namachivayar temple's surrounding wall crumpled, with locals standing nearby in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, after heavy rains on December 1.

Part of the wall reportedly fell onto the residences located downhill. Local reports said a massive boulder from the hills also crashed down.

The family of seven was inside their home at the time, and no one survived. The victims were identified as Rajkumar, 32, his wife Meena, 27, their children Gowtham, 8 and Viniya, 5, along with relatives Ramya, 7, Vinodhini, 16, and Maha, 7.

Locals expressed their grief over the fatalities caused by the disaster.

Resident Malti said: 'I was at home, bedridden due to illness, when suddenly muddy water inundated our house, accompanied by a deafening noise.

'The pain of this loss is deeply felt by all who have called this place home for over five decades.'

Fellow villagers rescued Malti during the incident.

Local administrative official, D Baskara Pandian, said: 'Though the rain has subdued, there are possibilities of boulders tumbling down due to rain earlier.

'We have evacuated 50 to 80 people from the locality. Three houses were completely damaged in the landslide, and a few houses were partly damaged.'

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin extended his condolences to the bereaved families and announced financial assistance of Rs500,000 (around 4,650 GBP) for each.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the storm over northern coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry moved westward and weakened by the early morning of December 3.

Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy has allocated cash relief to Puducherry residents, while the Indian Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are conducting rescue operations for 200 families stranded by the cyclone.

Cyclone Fengal claimed the lives of 20 individuals and displaced more than 400,000 families in Sri Lanka, forcing them to seek refuge in evacuation centres.

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