Chennai, Oct 17 (TIWN) In wake of incessant and heavy rains in southern Tamil Nadu, flash floods were reported in Courtallam waterfall in Tenkasi district and in Chinna Suruli waterfalls in Theni district.

Dr. Peter Kolb appears on KGVO's Talk Back show once a month and he is also the voice of our daily Forestry Minutes.  Dr. Kolb is the Montana State University Extension Forestry Specialist and an Associate Professor of Forest Ecology & Management, housed at the University of Montana in the Department of Forest Management.  Wildfires and their impact on western landscape conservation as well as communities is a very controversial topic.  Some special interest groups believe that what wildfires do is a natural process and we need to let more wildfires burn across forested landscapes.  Others see wildfires as a significant threat to both forests and human infrastructure.