One killed, more than 1400 houses damaged in Agartala cyclone

A tribal woman died, around 1,450 houses damaged and several people were displaced from their homes after a cyclone accompanied by hail storms struck two districts of Tripura, official sources said today.
One Sandhya Rani Debbarma (52) died when her thatched house collapsed because of the cyclone at Lakkhipur village under Jirania subdivision of West Tripura district last night, sub-divisional Magistrate Samit Lodh told PTI.
At least 200 families were displaced from their houses in Ambassa subdivision of Dhalai district and many trees and electric posts were uprooted due to the storm last night, official sources said.
"About 250 houses were totally damaged and more than 1,000 houses partly damaged due to the cyclone and hailstorm last night," the SDM said.

Around 200 families were evicted from their houses from two villages - Shabdakarpara and Bongshipara and they took shelter in government buildings.
At least 50 electric posts were uprooted from the subdivision last night, sources added.