Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) At least seven persons were killed in dust storms and rains across Uttar Pradesh late on Monday night, officials said on Tuesday.
Two women and a man at a brick kiln were killed in Rudrapur village in Deoria district when they were struck by lightning.
Three persons were also killed by lightning in Siddharthanagar and a youth was killed in Bahraich when a tree fell on his bike during the dust storm.
Many tress were uprooted by strong winds in Unnao, Barabanki, Lucknow and Kanpur. A hailstorm that followed at some places flattened some crops. The mango crop was damaged in the Malihabad region on Lucknow's suburbs.
Power outages were reported from many places after the storm.
Power officials said that while electricity supply had been restored at some places, some places were still without electricity.
About VDC
Doraiah Chowdary Vundavally is a Software engineer at VTech . He is the news editor of SocialNews.XYZ and Freelance writer-contributes Telugu and English Columns on Films, Politics, and Gossips. He is the primary contributor for South Cinema Section of SocialNews.XYZ. His mission is to help to develop SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgement towards any.