GUWAHATI, Assam, May 24 (ANI) — Five people have died in separate lightning strikes across Assam over the past three days, officials said Sunday.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), three people were killed by lightning on May 23, while one person each died on May 22 and May 21.
The ASDMA said one person each was killed in Kokrajhar, Barpeta, and Golaghat districts on May 23.
Another person died in Udalguri district on May 22, while a fatality was reported in Dibrugarh district on May 21.
“On May 23, one person each was killed by lightning in Kokrajhar, Barpeta, and Golaghat districts. On May 22, one person was killed in Udalguri district, and another person died in Dibrugarh district on May 21,” the ASDMA report stated.
The authority also reported that six animals were killed in lightning-related incidents during the same period.
Meanwhile, seven districts — Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Hojai, Dibrugarh, and Golaghat — were affected by storms on Saturday, resulting in damage to houses and infrastructure.
According to ASDMA, 31 villages under 11 revenue circles were severely affected by the storm.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued alerts warning of rainfall and lightning activity in several districts across the state.
At the same time, several northern, central, and western Indian states continue to experience severe heatwave conditions, prompting regional administrations to implement emergency measures.
According to the IMD, heatwaves are defined as periods of abnormally high temperatures compared to normal conditions in a region.
Several states are currently recording temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
The IMD’s daily weather bulletin stated that heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are likely to persist over the next six days.
“Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions prevailed in a few pockets over eastern Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha; heatwave conditions prevailed in many pockets of Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh; in some pockets of eastern Madhya Pradesh; and in isolated pockets of Uttarakhand, Odisha, Punjab, western Uttar Pradesh, and coastal Andhra Pradesh,” the IMD said. (ANI)
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