Dispur: Rain accompanied by thunderstorm lashed parts of Assam and damaged several houses in the region.
As per reports, several houses in the Kaliabor, Bamuni, Sakmuthia tea estate, and Boraligaon areas of the central Assam district have been damaged due to the storm.
No casualties due to the storm have been reported so far in the area.
Meanwhile, the tides have hit the coast of Bakkhali beach in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal amid the cyclone ‘Sitrang’ alert. The Civil defence is alerting the tourists and locals not to venture near the sea.
Notably, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday informed that the remnant of the cyclonic storm “Sitrang” which created a deep depression over Bangladesh has further weakened into a depression over northeast Bangladesh, north-northeast of Agartala and south-southwest of Shillong.
