Thunderstorms likely to hit eastern Uttar Pradesh: IMD

By Anjana Raghav
(PTI desk)

May 17, 2018

06:10 pm

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Thunderstorm and squall are "very likely" to hit isolated places of eastern Uttar Pradesh tomorrow and the weather is likely to remain dry over western parts of the state, the meteorological office warned.

It said the districts that could be affected are Siddhartnagar, Kushinagar, and Maharajganj.

Several parts of UP were hit by a severe storm last week leaving 18 dead and 27 injured.

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Severe storm on May 2 killed 134, injured 400

Last Wednesday, five people died in Etawah district, three each in Mathura, Aligarh, and Agra, two in Firozabad and one each in Hathras and Kanpur Dehat. On May 2-3, the storm had killed 134 people and injured over 400 in five states.