Assam: 40 houses damaged and trees uprooted due to cyclonic storm in Karimganj
Guwahati/IBNS: A cyclonic storm followed by heavy rains left several houses damaged and trees uprooted in Assam’s Karimganj district on Monday night.
The storm damaged as many as 40 houses in Patharkandi, Ratabari area in Karimganj district.
But there was no report of any human casualty.
Several trees, electric poles were also uprooted and few livestock were injured in the storm.
Power lines have been down in many areas of the district.
“The storm was so strong that it damaged several houses in our area. At least 15 houses were damaged in the storm in our area,” a local resident of Patharkandi said.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.