Mangaluru:  Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds, thunder and lightning in Bantwal on Monday night damaged at least 30 houses and several fishing boats.

Several trees and electric poles too were uprooted due to strong winds. Electricity supply has also been completely disrupted in several rural areas of the taluk since last night.

Traffic was disrupted at several places after trees fell on roads.

The fishing boats that were anchored at Old Bunder Dhakke were damaged after the ropes tying the boats got severed due to heavy wind, causing the boats to collide with each other resulting in severe damages.

Due to the heavy rain and winds, several boats in Panambur, Minakaliya, Chitrapura, Surathkal, and Sasihithlu were washed towards the seashore.