thunderstorm, lightning takes 40 lives in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh

NewsBharati    29-May-2018
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New Delhi, May 29: Weather is in no mood as it is continuously showing its blue thundery eyes on the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand which has till now taken 40 lives because of the thunderstorm and lightning strikes across these states.

 

In Uttar Pradesh, ten people died and six were injured in the lightning struck the state at various places on Monday. High-velocity wind and thunderstorm lashed parts of Jharkhand on Sunday that uprooted dozens of trees and electricity poles and eventually killed 13. In Bihar, the number of thunderstorm-related deaths today reached 17.

The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted thunderstorm and rain accompanied with gusty winds today over some areas in Barabanki, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar and Azamgarh districts in Uttar Pradesh.

Wind speed is likely to touch 50 km per hour to 70 km per hour. The weather department added that thunderstorm accompanied with squall, gusty winds and lightning is very likely at isolated places over Bihar.

In these conditions, it has been advised to the coastal states also that the fishermen should not venture into the sea as the condition can flip any time.

Meanwhile on the other side of the country that is in Kerala Monsoon has stepped in with a good rain spills and now the Southwest monsoon is approaching towards the Western part of the Country.

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