Shoumojit Banerjee

PATNA: More than 80,000 homes were destroyed by the tropical storm that ripped through five districts of Bihar, and the death toll rose to 82.

According to the latest reports, five more bodies were recovered in the affected districts. A third of the victims were children, including 17 of the 39 victims in Purnia district and 11 of the 33 killed in Araria.