Somwarpet (Kodagu): Heavy rains with hailstones accompanied with thunder lashed Somwarpet and surrounding places destroying pepper and coffee plants on Tuesday night. A large hailstone weighing about 25 kg has baffled the residents of Kundalli village and the large hailstone had not melted when it was found the next day morning. The large hailstone was…
Hail rolls out white carpet
February 20, 2021Joy for some; sorrow for others Major coffee crop damage, says GSI Scientist Madikeri/Somwarpet: Parts of North Kodagu were swathed in a white carpet yesterday with ice left behind after a hailstorm. Heavy rains and hailstorms lashed villages of Nidtha, Ankanahalli, Mullooru, Dundalli, Doddalli and Gudugalale near Shanivarsanthe of Somwarpet taluk in Kodagu district yesterday,…
Hailstorm uproots roof of veterinary hospital
May 25, 2019Mysore: The hailstorm that lashed the city on Thursday evening uprooted the asbestos roof of Government Veterinary Hospital in Ittigegud here. The asbestos sheets got broken into pieces on falling to the ground. The hospital opened to sky got flooded submerging the furniture. The hailstones broke the glass top of tables. A few medicine was…
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