At least 40 people have died in the northern, eastern and southern regions of India on Sunday and thunderstorms. The Times of India quoted government officials as saying that 18 people were killed in storms and hailstorms in different parts of Uttar Pradesh. At least 28 people were injured. On the other hand, nine in Andhra Pradesh, three in Telangana, 12 in West Bengal and five in Delhi died.
Uttar Pradesh's Chief Secretary (Information) Abani Shah Basti said 28 people were injured in storm and hailstorm, and 37 houses and houses were damaged. The Chief Minister said that all the district magistrates of the state have instructed the commissioners to provide assistance immediately to the victims. The weather office warns that in the next 48 to 72 hours the thunderstorms may occur in the northwestern region. So far the death toll is highest in Uttar Pradesh. About 100 houses have been burnt due to the beginning of the fire due to lightning in Sambalpur.
Lightning struck 9 places in some places in Andhra Pradesh Most of them are Srikakulam district. Local officials confirmed that three farmers died in Telangana.
In West Bengal, thunder and lightning killed 12 people. Four of them are children. On the other hand, five people including a woman were killed in Delhi. Officials of West Bengal State Disaster Management Department said 12 people died in the storm and hailstorm in West Bengal.
Of these, 5 people in Howrah district, two in West Midnapore, 24 Parganas and Nadia districts and six in Murshidabad district. There were 15 injured in these places. There are 4 children in the Howrah district who are between 8 and 12 years old.
State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told a news channel, "We have no control over nature. We can not return those who have died. But our government will stand beside the family of the casualties and will cooperate with them all. "
It is said that the sky covered the black cloud in the capital Delhi and adjacent states at around 4:30 in the afternoon. After that, storms and hailstorms started. At about 109 kilometers per hour, the wind was blowing. Air, rail and metro movement was interrupted by storm rains. The collapse of the trees and the walls collapsed.
On Sunday evening, the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi has been closed for more than an hour. More than 70 flights have been landed elsewhere. Metro service in New Delhi has also been interrupted.
More than a hundred people have died in five states of India, including the Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, in the storm earlier this month. Houses and houses were damaged in different places.