TOPSHOTS Onlookers gather on the beach after the oil tanker ship Pratibha Cauvery ran aground off the coast in Chennai on October 31, 2012. The tanker ran aground off the city coast due to high winds before the landfall of Cyclone Nilam, a report said. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in southeast India on Wednesday as a cyclone slammed into the coast, with officials warning of possible flooding and damage to houses. AFP PHOTO/SESHADRI SUKUMAR