Mysuru, April 30 -- Trees uprooted, electric poles, transformers damaged

Heavy rains, accompanied by thunder, lightning and gusty winds, brought some respite to the residents who were reeling under scorching summer, but also created havoc in city and surrounding places last night.

The rains, which started at about 8.30 pm, began to pour heavily at about 9 pm catching motorists, especially two-wheeler riders, off guard. Accompanied by thunder, lightning and gusty winds, the rain not only disrupted traffic, but also brought down trees and branches besides snapping power lines and damaging electric poles and transformers.

While a large tree branch fell on a parked car damaging it on Temple Road in V.V. Puram, another large branch fell acr...