Houses and sheds have been blown away and burnt in various places of Taplejung due to wind and fire. Kazi Bahadur Limbu of Paktanglung Rural Municipality-3 Linkhim was injured.
While watering the cardamom, he was hit on the head by a stone thrown by a sudden gust of wind. He was brought to District Hospital Taplejung for treatment and had to get 12 stitches on his head, the hospital said.
The house of Amber Bahadur Tamang has been burnt down in the Nabu community forest of Atharai Triveni rural municipality-2 Chokpur. District Police Office Taplejung said that there was no human loss due to the fire.
Locals said that the rain after the storm extinguished the fire. Binod Sherpa of Vairakhu, Mikwakhola rural municipality-2 was displaced when his house was overturned by the wind. Suresh Kumar Sinjali, Assistant Inspector of Police of Police Station Khokling, informed that the house was overturned by the wind and carried to 8 feet.
They are staying at Kumar Sherpa's house. The police estimated that the damage was more than five lakhs. In Fungling municipality-10 Furumbu, the wind has blown off the roof of the house of Man Bahadur Limbu of Mayam, while the roof of the kitchen house of Dhan Bahadur Limbu and the cowshed of Sur Bahadur Khatri has been blown off, Ward President Santosh Limbu informed.
Ward president Kshitij Sunuwar informed that the roof of the matan of Jas Bahadur Bishwakarma of Dokhu, Fungling municipality-8 was blown off. The storm that started on Sunday afternoon lasted until late at night. Even the electricity service was disrupted till night.
