Most of the ten had fallen ill after they were drenched by rain and the temperature dropped, said Laxma Mohan, police superintendent in Andhra Pradesh state's Krishna district on the Bay of Bengal.

The cyclone also collapsed homes, uprooted trees and destroyed banana fields, he said.

Three fishermen who went to sea before the cyclone hit late on Monday remained missing, state Relief Commissioner Aushotosh Mishra said. Three other fishermen who were unaccounted for resurfaced on Tuesday.

The meteorological office said the storm, which had brewed in the Bay of Bengal since Sunday, had weakened but that parts of southern India would see more heavy rain in the next day or so.

Rain also fell overnight in the capital, New Delhi, and neighbouring states, which are usually dry in the winter.

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