One dead, five injured as rain and squall hit Mizoram

One person died and other five others were injured when a pre-monsoon storm accompanied by squall hit Mizoram last night, Aizawl district additional Deputy Commissioner Lalchungnunga today said.
Lalchungnunga said Tej Bahadur(65) of Vaivakawn locality died when a landslide buried him and another worker in Vaivakawn area this morning, the injured person was reported to be out of danger.
In another incident a flying sheet hit a car during the squall where four passengers were injured and were taken to the Aizawl Civil Hospital. They were discharged after being administered first aid by the doctors.
The squall and heavy rains damaged 181 houses in Aizawl city and surrounding villages of which eight houses were completely damaged and 76 houses classified as severely damaged.

The pre-monsoon storm caused severe power disruption in the whole of Mizoram, except Mizoram-Assam border Kolasib district as Aizawl city remained powerless last night and today with telecommunication also disrupted in many places.
State Directorate of Science and Technology officials said they did not receive any prior warning on the massive strong winds hitting Mizoram.