Cyclone Remal triggers devastating storm in Northeast: What we know so far

The North East has been battered by Cyclone Remal. Multiple landslides across Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya. At least 16 dead, many more injured. Road connectivity disrupted, power supply in Lower Assam, including Guwahati, completely disrupted. (No deaths below incident) pic.twitter.com/dVv5LddoEq

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📌 At least 17 people, including two minors, were killed and at least seven others remain missing as a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram’s Aizawl district on Tuesday morning amid incessant rain. A total of 24 bodies have been recovered in storm related incidents in Mizoram, while another 12 bodies are yet to be recovered. It is feared that the death toll on Mizoram is 36, across 7 different sites.

A stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram’s Aizawl district on Tuesday morning amid incessant rain. (PTI)

📌 Three persons, including a woman, were killed and 17 others injured in separate incidents in Assam as heavy rain accompanied by strong winds lashed the state in the aftermath of cyclone Remal.  A 17-year-old boy, Kaushik Bordoloi Amphi, died in Assam’s Morigaon after a tree fell on the autorickshaw he was traveling in while twelve children were injured in Assam’s Dhekiajuli after a tree fell on a school bus. In light of the destruction, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma requested everyone to stay indoors until the impact of cyclone Remal on the Northeastern state stabilises. Putul Gogoi (50), a worker at the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited’s Lower Subansiri dam project was killed in a landslide. The Dhemaji district administration has sought a detailed report from NHPC.

📌 Waterlogging was witnessed in several areas after heavy rains lashed parts of Assam’s Guwahati. Road connectivity was disrupted in Assam’s Dima Hasao district  and a portion of the Haflong-Silchar road was washed away. Dima Hasao police have advised commuters to stay away from the NH-27 between Haflong and Harangjao as it has been submerged in multiple places.

VIDEO | Cyclone Remal: Waterlogging in several areas following heavy rains in #Guwahati, Assam.#CycloneRemal

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📌 A man died in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills after a wall collapsed due to heavy rainfall.

Landslides and flood caused by Cyclone Remal in Senapati of Manipur, India 🇮🇳 (28.05.2024)

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📌 In Nagaland, a 73-year-old man died when a retaining wall collapsed on him in Pfutsero in Phek district.

In India today, at least 21 people were killed in storm-related incidents across Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland, and Meghalaya following the landfall of Cyclone Remal. Among them, 12 people died in a stone quarry collapse near Aizawl, Mizoram.pic.twitter.com/2F440x48mP

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📌 In light of the rains, the governments of Mizoram and Meghalaya have ordered the closure of schools. In Assam, amid a Red Alert for Nagaon, Hojai, West Karbi Anglong, Karbi Anglong, Golaghat, Dima Hasao, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the closure of all educational institutions in these districts till May 29.

📌  In an alert, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had said that with Remal weakening into a deep depression, heavy rainfall was likely over parts of West Bengal and northeastern states.