Towering waves driven by strong winds and untimely rain wreaked havoc at Bhatodi Bunder in Uttar, Bhayandar, late Saturday night, dealing a massive blow to the fishing community. While officials said the fishing community was alerted beforehand, boat owners claimed that they were in the dark. “We would have anchored our boats near high cliffs had we received any alerts,” they said.

Dozens of fishing boats were anchored on Uttan beach, and the storm destroyed one—Jeevanshakti, and damaged two others—Prajakta and Ishwar Doot. The strong winds snapped the ropes of many boats, which hit stones at the breakwater jetty and got damaged. Prajakta and Ishwar Doot, which got stuck at breakwater jetty, were pulled by cranes on Sunday morning.