Guwahati: At least two people were killed by lightning at two different places in Assam on Wednesday, official said on Thursday.
A 60-year-old man identified as Majuruddin was killed after being struck by lightning in Darrang’s Kharpori village.
In another incident, a minor girl, Mamta Begum, died due to a lightning strike in the Satgaon area in Guwahati. She died tragically while playing in the front yard of her house.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura till March 17 with a forecast of rain and thunderstorm.
According to the Regional Metrological Centre in Guwahati, one or two spells of light to moderate thunderstorms with hail is likely to occur in Guwahati over the next two days.
