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Man killed in storm

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Press Trust of India Jorhat (Assam)
A man was killed and his

daughter injured in a storm that lashed Assam's Jorhat district, official sources said today.

The storm lashed 17 villages bordering Nagaland since midnight last night damaging several houses, uprooting trees and electricity posts, a district administration official said.

At Balijan village under Titabor sub-division, tin roofs of several houses were blown off and people ran out in fear. A tree fell on a 46-year-old man and his 12-year-old daughter, killing him and injuring the girl seriously.

Electric supply, disrupted since last night, was yet to be restored, the sources added.

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First Published: Oct 19 2014 | 6:40 PM IST

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