Heavy rains for more than a week have caused major damage to homes in rural Goa, with six sub-districts facing the brunt of the monsoon onslaught causing crores of rupees in damages, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday.

Sawant, who, along with several other ministers, visited rural areas in North Goa, where the flood-like situation may have led to the death of one woman, who was washed away in the torrent.