Heavy rain, strong winds lash Pune: Over 130 trees uprooted, power outages in many areas

Incessant rain with intermittent heavy spells, accompanied by strong winds, lashed Pune and surrounding areas on Wednesday, resulting in power outages due to damage to 540 feeder lines across the district, and several instances of tree collapse and waterlogging.

Pune city and surrounding areas started receiving rain from Tuesday evening, with some intermittent spells of heavy showers and strong wind on Wednesday afternoon, as a result of cyclonic activity in the coastal area.

Officials said due to North-Eastward movement of Cyclone Nisarga, very strong winds and intense spells were reported in Junnar, Ambegaon, Khed and Maval taluka of Pune district throughout Wednesday, causing severe damage to feeder lines, resulting in power outages in large areas of the district.