Thunderstorms kill 41 in 4 states; air, road traffic hit in Delhi: Updates
Dust storms and thunderstorms wreaked
havoc on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the national
capital, leaving behind a trail of destruction
Current Affairs News: Dust storms and
thunderstorms, which hit several states of the country on Sunday, claimed at
least 41 lives in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.
Uttar Pradesh bore the
maximum brunt of the thunderstorm and hail that left at least 18 people
dead, while 12 people, including four children, were killed in West Bengal.
Nine people lost their lives in Andhra Pradesh and two in Delhi, officials
said.
Thunderstorms also
occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana,
Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The devastation comes
over 10 days after storms hit UP, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand and Punjab,
killing 134 people and injuring over 400. Accounting for 80 deaths, UP was the
worst affected, with most of the deaths occurring in the Agra district in the
western part of the state.
Subsequently, on May 9,
several parts of Uttar Pradesh were struck by a severe storm that left 18 dead
and 27 others injured.
Thunderstorm kills 18 in UP: Thunderstorm and hail
that hit parts of North India on Sunday claimed at least 18 lives in Uttar
Pradesh.
At least 28 people were
injured and around 37 houses were damaged in the hail and thunderstorm, Uttar
Pradesh Principal Secretary (Information) Awanish Awasthi said.
Five
deaths have been reported from Kasganj, three from Bulandshahr and two each
from Ghaziabad and Saharanpur. Apart from this, one death each has been
reported from Etawah, Aligarh, Kannauj, Hapur, Noida and Sambhal.
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