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Heavy rains lash coastal Karnataka, lightning strike kills student in Kasargod

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April 28, 2014

Mangalore, Apr 28: Heavy rains, coupled with lightning and thunder, lashed several parts of coastal Karnataka including the city of Mangalore in wee hours of Monday. rains

A pleasant weather prevailed on Monday morning dipping the temperatures by few notches.

Fortunately, no casualties due to the heavy lightning were reported in the region. But, a house belonging to one Damodar Acharya in Neralakatte in Bantwal talul was collapsed injuring one Chethan.

Water stagnated at low-lying areas in many of the areas in Mangalore.

Also, there has been unexpected rainfall in many parts of the state for the past two days bringing relief to people from the scorching heat.

Casualties

Lightning struck in Kasargod district killing a Plus Two student. The district also saw wide-spread damage due to the heavy wind and lightning accompanying the rains.

D N Naveen, a student of a private college in Vitla town, was killed by the strong lightning while he was in his house at around 9.30 p.m., police said.

His father Dayananda and mother Shalini, who were inside the house, also sustained minor burn injuries.

The house of Sreekanth, a lawyer, at Surlu locality was damaged after a coconut tree broke and fell over the building under the impact of the strong winds.

In a similar incident, a coconut tree fell over a moving car at Kottakanni locality here critically injuring the two occupants of the vehicle. The driver of the car lost his control and the vehicle dashed against the building of a road-side canteen.

The winds also capsized three fishing boats off Kasaba beach here. The locals managed to bring back the boats to the shore by Sunday evening.

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Mangaluru, Feb 2: A video of a woman rescuing a dog from a well in Mangaluru has gone viral on social media. The dog fell inside the well accidentally and the woman rushed to the spot to rescue it. The two minute seven second video has been shared on Twitter by a user, Mauna, and has ever since been viewed over 15,000 times.

The woman climbed down the well as other people attached a rope to her body during the rescue mission. Another rope was then thrown to her and she tied it around the dog after which it was pulled outside. The woman, thereafter, climbed outside the well with much difficulty.

"Bless the lady who saved the Dog," the user captioned the post.

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