CANACONA
The sudden thunderstorm amidst cyclonic winds woke up Canacona residents in the middle of Saturday night. After a hot and humid day, the day’s gentle breeze turned ferocious at about 1.30 past midnight throwing everything in disorder.
Temporary shades in front of houses were blown away in the strong winds, as torrential rain made it impossible for to step out of their houses and salvage things. To top this, the power went off making things more difficult in the dark.
At least five incidents of uprooting of coconut trees on residential houses were reported. The fire services personnel were on their toes attending to emergency calls on Sunday morning.
At Ourem, a coconut tree uprooted and fell on a chapel. However, there were no major damages to the edifice, informed fire services personnel. In another incident, a coconut tree fell on the house of one Caitan Rebello, behind Palolem Club House at Palolem causing damage to the tune of Rs 5000. At Patnem, a firewood hut belonging to one Surendra Pagi was partly damaged after a coconut tree fell on it. A residential unit at Dessaiwada in Agonda was badly damaged after a coconut tree uprooted and fell on it due to strong winds. The occupants who were sleeping in the house escaped without any injuries. One side of the roof of the house was totally damaged. The restoration work of on the house was underway on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the fire services personnel assisted electricity officials in attending to several other tree uprooting incidents that snapped power supply and damaged electricity alignments in different parts of Canacona.
