Summary:
The thunderstorm occurred due to a weather system in the sub-Himalayan West Bengal and neighbouring areas. Traffic movement was also affected at a few locations.Campaigning was just picking up with parties scheduling rallies when the storm derailed the tempo. This later migrated to west Assam,” said an official of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Guwahati. BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary was in the middle of his speech when the heavens opened up forcing him to cut short his address. “A thunderstorm alert was there for Tuesday..