Normal Life Disrupted after storm hits Assam’s Silapathar, 1 killed

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• Apr 19, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

Across the neighbourhood, massive trees and electric poles were uprooted and fell on buildings or on the streets.

Digital
Desk: One individual was killed when an enormous tree
fell on him during a violent storm that slammed Silapathar in Assam's Dhemaji
district on Wednesday evening.

color:black">Ajit Baidya (35), the deceased, has been recognised.

color:black">The region had heavy rains and severe gusts, resulting in
extensive property damage. Roofs were blown off some houses, destroying them.
Across the neighbourhood, massive trees and electric poles were uprooted and
fell on buildings or on the streets.

color:black">Following the hurricane, the area's power supply was entirely cut
off.

Bhairabpur, Silagaon,
Manikpur, Kodomtola, Maharanipur, Shivanagar, and Koroibari have been the
hardest hit by the storm in Silapathar.

color:black">However, vehicular traffic has been hampered on National Highway
15 when a large tree fell across the road.      

color:black">An old woman died on the spot earlier today as a storm toppled a large
tree and fell on her in Dibrugarh. The tragedy occurred at Tamulbari Tea Garden
in the district's Lahowal region, where a storm uprooted a large tree, killing
the 60-year-old woman.

A massive storm was
reported in portions of Assam, inflicting damage to homes and killing
livestock, among other things.

According to a local, a
large tree fell on the deceased's house at 4.30 a.m. The locals came
together to remove the massive tree and admit her to the hospital for
treatment, but the physicians proclaimed her dead.

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