Dispur: Eight people were killed and several others injured in a typhoon that swept through various districts of Assam. Four people were killed when a bamboo tree fell on them in a cyclone in the Dibrugarh district of Upper Assam. Another person was killed in a lightning strike in Mattia in the Goalpara district.
The cyclone affected 592 villages in Assam and completely destroyed 853 houses, district officials said. The storm also destroyed temporary huts built by the government for families who had lost their homes in the eviction process in the Dhalpur area of Darang district.
The Indian Meteorological Department has warned of heavy or very heavy rains in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya till April 18.
