Guwahati: Around eight persons were killed in lightning and severe storms that lashed out in different areas of Assam in last 48 hours.

Of the eight people killed, four died in Dibrugarh district followed by three in Barpeta district and one in Goalpara district.

The storm uprooted scores of trees, many electric poles, damaged 7,400 houses fully and partially in Dibrugarh, Barpeta, Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Chirrang, Darrang, Cachar, Golaghat, Karbi Anglong, Udalguri and Goalpara districts.