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Western Ghats Vimochana Committee convener Kalachanda Ravi Thammaiah said: “There was a strange, loud sound and all the villagers rushed out of their homes. MADIKERI: Ever since the recent natural calamity hit Kodagu, villagers in affected places have been talking about strange sounds from the ground and splitting of the earth which spread mud all over the place.“Others find it unbelievable but we have suffered. I’ve never seen such a natural disaster,” he added.Residents of other villagers confirmed springs burst forth with a strange sound and water covered vast areas, damaging buildings and flooding farm lands. “I went to my plantation daily in a jeep, only to see the vast area under water. Many relatives of the victims said they heard a loud sound before the landslides..