Heavy rain ripped through Kozhikode district causing havoc

Four cars got heavily damaged and one passenger got stuck in the front seat as a huge tree trunk fell above the car. ( Photo | EPS/Manu R Mavelil )

Fire and Rescue Service personnel with the help of public saved all the passengers. ( Photo | EPS/Manu R Mavelil )

Locals allege that a petition was filed to cut the tree almost three months back as they feared the tree will fall soon. ( Photo | EPS/Manu R Mavelil )

Fire and Rescue personnel taking a lady to hospital after she was rescued from a car which got crushed under a tree which was uprooted in heavy rain. ( Photo | EPS/Manu R Mavelil )

All the shutters of Peruvannamuzhi dam in Kozhikode have been opened owing to the heavy rains that lashed the district during the last couple of days. ( Photo | EPS/TP Sooraj )