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

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

    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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