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Sea recedes; panic on shore
Panic spread through the Purakkad-Punnapra coastal area in Kerala’s Alappuzha district after the sea receded by about a kilometer from the shoreline after many hours of persistent attack of huge waves on the coast damaging and flooding several houses. However, experts and the police said there was no need to panic as the withdrawal of the sea was an ordinary phenomenon.
Reports of the sea turning violent causing panic on the shore since midnight Sunday came in from several places in Alappuzha, Kollam and Thrissur districts. Several houses were damaged or flooded when huge waves lashed the shoreline forcing the authorities to shift over 200 families to safer places in Purakkad, Ambalappuzha and Punnapra in Alappuzha district.
The district administration opened several relief camps in the Purakkad area after the sea erosion. Authorities said more such camps would be opened if required. \Hundreds of coconut trees on the shore were uprooted in the persistent attack of the waves. Kerala had been receiving heavy rains for the past several days, and experts said the sea erosion could be linked to it.
The sea withdrew from the shoreline by about a kilometer on the Purakkad-Punnapra coastal stretch in Alappuzha by early Monday morning sowing panic among the people living on shore. People began to leave the coast after fears were expressed that the receded sea could come back with violent force.
In Punnapra area alone, over 400 houses were flooded in the attack of the waves. Violent waves also lashed the shore in Ervipuram and Mayyanad in Kollam district since midnight Sunday. At the same time, weathermen warned fishermen against venturing into the sea for fishing as there was possibility of strong winds with speeds up to 45 kmph.
Panic spread through the Purakkad-Punnapra coastal area in Kerala’s Alappuzha district after the sea receded by about a kilometer from the shoreline after many hours of persistent attack of huge waves on the coast damaging and flooding several houses. However, experts and the police said there was no need to panic as the withdrawal of the sea was an ordinary phenomenon.
Reports of the sea turning violent causing panic on the shore since midnight Sunday came in from several places in Alappuzha, Kollam and Thrissur districts. Several houses were damaged or flooded when huge waves lashed the shoreline forcing the authorities to shift over 200 families to safer places in Purakkad, Ambalappuzha and Punnapra in Alappuzha district.
The district administration opened several relief camps in the Purakkad area after the sea erosion. Authorities said more such camps would be opened if required. \Hundreds of coconut trees on the shore were uprooted in the persistent attack of the waves. Kerala had been receiving heavy rains for the past several days, and experts said the sea erosion could be linked to it.
The sea withdrew from the shoreline by about a kilometer on the Purakkad-Punnapra coastal stretch in Alappuzha by early Monday morning sowing panic among the people living on shore. People began to leave the coast after fears were expressed that the receded sea could come back with violent force.
In Punnapra area alone, over 400 houses were flooded in the attack of the waves. Violent waves also lashed the shore in Ervipuram and Mayyanad in Kollam district since midnight Sunday. At the same time, weathermen warned fishermen against venturing into the sea for fishing as there was possibility of strong winds with speeds up to 45 kmph.
