11:20 PM
Four killed, 18 injured as storm, rain lash Assam
Four people, including a woman, were killed and 18 others injured in separate incidents in Assam on Tuesday as heavy rain accompanied by strong wind lashed the state in the aftermath of cyclone 'Remal', officials said.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is in Odisha for the Lok Sabha poll campaign, said the inclement weather is likely to continue in Nagaon, Hojai, West Karbi Anglong, Golaghat, Dima Hasao, Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj with very heavy rainfall and squally wind of about 40-50 km/hour, gusting up to 60 km/hour.
The storm over east Bangladesh is moving east-northeast at 15 km/hour and is expected to weaken by tonight, he said.
Mintu Talukdar, aged 19, died in Nabajyoti Nagar in Satgaon area of Kamrup (Metropolitan) district when a tree fell on their house and his father was also injured.
A 60-year-old woman, identified as Labanya Kumari, was injured when a tree fell on her in Kamrup district. She later died in Gauhati Medical College Hospital.