PERNEM: Heavy rains and winds lashed Pernem taluka keeping the fire personnel on their toes on Thursday.
At several places incidents of tree getting uprooted and branches crashing on houses, roads and electricity poles were reported.
Traffic was disrupted for almost four hours when a huge tree crashed in the middle of the road at Kasule near the national highway.
A team led by sub officer Prashant Dhargalkar carried out the operations.

