Cyclone Sitrang: Houses damaged, trees uprooted due to heavy rains in Assam

Several houses were damaged due to Cyclone Sitrang which caused heavy rainfall and a storm in the Nagaon district of Assam Numerous trees and electric poles were also uprooted in various parts of the region due to the cyclonic storm on Monday nightAs 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 stormNo casualties due to the storm have been reported so far in the areaSeveral houses were damaged and many trees uprooted in the storm in our Kaliabor area As a government village headman I have visited the entire village and I will submit the damage report to our Circle Officer said the village headmanMeanwhile the tides have hit the coast of Bakkhali beach in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal amid the cyclone Sitrang alertThe Civil defence is alerting the tourists and locals not to venture near the seaNotably 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 northnortheast of Agartala and southsouthwest of ShillongAlso Read Cyclone Sitrang spares India hits BangladeshDeep Depression over Bangladesh Remnant of Cyclonic Storm SITRANG further weakened into a Depression and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of over northeast Bangladesh and neighbourhood about 90 km northnortheast of Agartala and 100 km southsouthwest of Shillong the IMD tweetedEarlier on Monday a red alert indicating heavy to very heavy and extremely heavy rainfall under the influence of Cyclone Sitrang was issued for Assam Meghalaya Mizoram and TripuraWidespread rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms lightning and heavy to very heavy and extremely heavy rain at isolated places is likely to occur over Tripura on Monday and Tuesday said the India Meteorological Department IMD on MondayCivil defence teams are deployed at Bakkhali Sea Beach in South 24 Parganas Tourists are not allowed to visit the beach and the shops have also been closedWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to the people to stay alert as there is a high chance of rain on Tuesday due to cyclone SitrangThere is a high chance of rain on October 25 There is an appeal to the people to avoid going out unnecessarily or to the sea areas including the Sundarbans The state govt has made arrangements CM Mamata Banerjee saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever