Widespread damage was caused by a sudden gustnado in at least three places in Kasaragod taluk on Monday morning.
According to Prem G. Prakash, hazard analyst, District Emergency Operations Centre, at least 25 houses were damaged and a few persons sustained minor injuries in the weather phenomenon that occurred around 3 a.m. Hundreds of trees were uprooted and plantation crops were destroyed at Neerchal, Bela, and Kumbadaje.
Mr. Prakash said that gustnado was a disaster notified by the State government. . It has not been reported in Kasaragod during monsoon in a long time, he added.