GUWAHATI, India - A newly married couple was killed in a lightning strike while flash floods triggered by heavy rains displaced more than 10,000 people in 25 villages in Assam yesterday, officials said.A police spokesperson said the couple died when lightning struck their home in village Bokulguri in Nagaon district, about 160km east of Guwahati.- "The two died instantly as their thatched hut was severely damaged in lightning," the official said.
- Meanwhile, flash floods inundated 25 villages in Lakhimpur district with the Brahmaputra River breaching two embankments.
- "So far about 10,000 people have been displaced with many taking shelter on raised platforms," an official said.
- Floodwaters of the mighty Brahmaputra also entered the 430 sq km Kaziranga National Park in Assam forcing scores of endangered animals to flee the park to safer areas, officials said.
- "More than half of the park is under water. Animals are migrating from the sanctuary to an adjoining hill for safety," a park warden said.
Source: Gulfnews
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