POONJAR

Summer rain, stormy winds wreak havoc

 

The stormy winds followed by heavy summer rains that lashed parts of the district for the past three days have wreaked havoc in the high range

areas of the district.

At least four houses were partially damaged and crops including rubber were destroyed in the heavy rains in Kunnonni area in Poonjar Thekkekkara panchayat near

Erattupetta. Hundreds of rubber were uprooted in the stormy winds.

The houses were damaged as the trees fell on them. The Poonjar-Kunnonni Road was also damaged in the rains. There are no reports of casualties.

The power lines in Kunnonni, Poonjar, Payyanithottam and Valathookku areas were also hit.

At Kanamala, four houses were damaged in the heavy rains and winds that lashed the area on Sunday. At one of the damaged houses a prayer group had assembled, but all of them escaped unhurt.

Damages to property has been reported from Vechoochira area also. The asbestos roofs of commercial buildings in the town area were flown off in the heavy winds. In many places, uprooted tress had fallen on power lines brining down the electric posts with them. Most of these areas went without electric supply on Sunday night and traffic on the inner roads were disrupted.