Bhubaneswar, Feb 24 (Inditop.com) A couple and their two children were killed in Orissa Wednesday when a house in which they took shelter during a thunderstorm collapsed, police said.

The incident took place in Sheikh Sarai village in the coastal district of Balasore, some 250 km from here, police officer S. Nayak told Inditop. Four other people were injured.