Hail storm damages houses
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, January 09 2015 :
A heavy hail storm damaged at least 50 houses at Kharam Pallen village under Saitu Assembly Constituency, Senapati district between 10 pm and 1 am today.
Kharam Union, in a statement issued to the press today said that they saw at least 20 houses destroyed which need to be reconstructed.
A number of domestic animals including chickens and ducks were found dead.
Some birds were also found killed.
The vegetables and houses in the area were found covered with hail.
The banana farm, measuring about 30 hectares and which served as the main production of the village was also found destroyed in the hail storm.
At the moment, members of 20 houses have been rendered homeless said the Kharam Union, Manipur and appealed to the department concerned to extend whatever help it can to the affected people.