Moodubelle: Strong Whirlwind Damages 70 Houses, Disrupts Normal Life
Daijiworld Media Network—Moodubelle (CN)
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Moodubelle, Aug 11: Heavy rains accompanied with a strong whirlwind has damaged property worth several lac along the coastal belt. Reports of damages have also come in from numerous interior villages by the seashore.
In Moodubelle, at least 70 houses houses have been damaged and the total loss incurred so far ha been estimated to be around Rs 40 lac. The communication network in the area has been cut off and telephone lines have gone dead.
There has also been power failure for the past 24 hours disrupting normal life in villages such as Kattingeri, and Edmer, which are the worst-affected. The whirlwind which hit around noon on Monday, August 11, has damaged the houses of Ratnamma Prabhu, Seethu Moolya, Andrew Alva, Carmine Fernandes, Anjeline Quadros, Taniya Madvala, Varija, Devendra Nayak, Ramakrishna Suvarna, Suderi Shetty, and Umanath Kamath, amongst others.
At least 400 coconut trees and about 250 betel nut trees, and 100 other fruit-bearing trees have also been damaged. Daijiworld's Udupi correspondent who reached the place late in the afternoon found that local zilla panchayat president and BJP leader Jerald Fernandes had extended a helping hand to those affected.
A number of people have joined Fernandes in this effort without sparing a thought to political affiliations, caste, or creed, at this time of need. Rescue operations in the affected villages is still on. No human casualties have been reported so far. AC KL Ramesh, former MLA Vasanth V Salian, and other officials have already visited the region.
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