Storm havoc at CCpur
Source: The Sangai Express
Lamka, June 04 2012:
A sudden burst of windstorm accompanied by rolling thunder, flashes of lightning and heavy rains swept through many areas here on Sunday night leaving behind a trail of destruction and devastation, reports our correspondent.
The storm that swept the township around midnight destroyed around 10 residential houses in Kawnpui village, about 3 kms from here.
At least six of them were destraoyed beyond redemption, sources said.
Another 33 houses suffered major damages in the adjoining village of Thingkangphai while the class rooms for nursery sections of Siamsinpawlpi Residential School also met a similar fate.
An attendant was injured at ZMB brick field in Kawnpui as the storm demolished a stacked up pile of unburnt bricks there.
There were also reports of severe destruction in Sehken, Tangnuam and Gangpimual villages.
In Sehken the Govt JB School was reportedly razed to the ground.