Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Dec 11: Heavy rain coupled with lightning was experienced in various places in Dakshina Kannada district on the evening of Wednesday December 10. The city too came under the spell of heavy rain since evening late into the night, at times giving rise to a sense of apprehension among the city dwellers because of its intensity.

Rain in Bantwal threw normal life out of gear for about half an hour on Wednesday evening. Puttur and surrounding places also reported heavy rain coupled with lightning on Wednesday evening for over two hours. Landslides were experienced in a couple of rural roads, trees fell across roads thus creating traffic bottlenecks, and power supply was disrupted in various places. Beltangady taluk also got heavy rain coupled with thunder and lightening since Wednesday afternoon.

While the rain brought relief for people who were suffering because of extreme heat, it also brought woes to areca nut and paddy growers in the form of loss of crops. People travelling to far off places were caught off guard on account of rain. Students were also hit by the unexpected rain.

The meteorological department said that rain coupled with thunder and lightning is expected to continue for three more days because of the affect of drop in atmospheric pressure over Arabian sea.