New Delhi - At least four people were killed and over 50 injured when a tropical storm hit parts of India's remote north-eastern state of Tripura, a news report said Thursday.
Rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms left a trail of destruction Wednesday night, damaging more than 2,000 houses and killing many heads of cattle, the IANS news agency reported.
"North, west and south Tripura districts were worst hit by the thunderstorm. Most people have lost all their belongings and cattle," a relief department official was quoted by the IANS as saying.
Four people, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed when houses collapsed and trees fell on rooftops in west Tripura, the report said.
The storm uprooted hundreds of trees, snapped communication and power lines and affected the movement of vehicles.
State agencies and officials were engaged in rescue and relief operations. The government was also working to restore communication lines and power supply.
A storm ravaged parts of India's eastern states of Bihar, West Bengal and Assam mid-April leaving 130 people dead, damaged over 100,000 houses and caused large-scale destruction.
Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/320003,cyclone-kills-four-in-indias-north-east.html.
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