Kedah State government (led by the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, an opponent of Chor's Barisan Nasional coalition) for what he considered a slow response to the floods and the government's inexperience. Chor's own home in Alor Setar was flooded. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin claimed the State government had a responsibility to assist victims of the flood. Kedah's Chief Minister Azizan argued that his government's response had been "quick" and that 300,000 ringgit in aid had been committed to the affected areas. Kedah's Sultan Abdul Halim called publicly for politics to be set aside for the purposes of dealing with the floods. India A cyclone warning was issued to the east Indian coasts which were already hit by a strong monsoonal trough that caused severe flooding and killed hundreds of people displacing many more. Storm warning signals were hoisted in Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur districts of Orissa. Over 70,000 people evacuated from four districts of Andhra Pradesh, the authorities provided shelter in relief camps across interior Andhra Pradesh. Five teams of 40–50 rescuers arrived at the low lying, already flooded areas in Andhra Pradesh where the impact of the system was expected to be worse. As the cyclone neared landfall, heavy rainfall caused mudslides and flooding. On , The Andhra Pradesh chief minister Konijeti Rosaiah said that about 54 have died in India due to the storm. The National Disaster Response Force at Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu shifted their personnel to Nellore in order to supervise the rescue and relief operations. Over 16 flights scheduled to land at Chennai were diverted to Bangalore because of poor visibility. It was reported that around hectares of cropland was devastated by the cyclone. Power outages occurred at many places in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh throughout Sunday. The Indian government said that they would be giving twenty kilograms of rice and five litres of kerosene to each family in flood-affected areas. They would also give 2 lakhs to the families of the victims. The total damage estimated by the Indian government was with Visakhapatnam district suffering a damage of , Nellore district suffering a damage of and Prakasam district suffering a damage of . Coastal and interior areas of Karnataka too faced heavy rains due to the cyclone. One person was killed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu when a tree toppled. As the remnants of Jal continued to move northwest, they brought light to moderate spells