New Delhi: Ten people were killed after being struck by lightning in Bihar on Sunday while four people died in rain-related incidents in Delhi, where many low-lying areas were inundated in heavy rains.
The first heavy monsoon rainfall in the national capital claimed four lives, including that of a mini-truck driver who got trapped in a waterlogged underpass.
According to police, three others, including an eight-year-old boy, died in rain-related incidents in the city.
Many low-lying areas were inundated, the traffic came to a standstill on important roads, and at least 10 houses collapsed in a slum area in Anna Nagar, which is behind the WHO Headquarters near ITO, displacing the residents.
In Bihar, 10 people were killed in lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in seven districts of the state, officials said. Three casualties were reported from Purnea, two from Begusarai and one each from Patna, Saharsa, East Champaran, Madhepura and Darbhanga districts, they said.
More than 160 people have died due to lightning strikes in the state in the past three weeks.
In Uttarakhand, swirling waters of the swollen Gori River, following heavy rains washed away four houses and large tracts of cultivable land at Chori Bagar village in Bangapani sub division of the district, an official said. However, there was no casualty as occupants of the houses had been evacuated to safety in advance, he said.
Light to moderate rains accompanied with thunderstorms occurred at a few places in Uttar Pradesh, while isolated places received heavy rains, the MeT department said.
Several places in Himachal Pradesh received light to moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours, with Dharamshala recording the highest amount of rainfall at 67.6 mm, followed by Una (43.4 mm), Sundernagar (38 mm), Palampur (33mm) and Kangra (30 mm), the Shimla MeT Centre Director Manmohan Singh said.
Maximum temperatures hovered around normal levels in most parts of Punjab and Haryana, even as a few areas in both states witnessed rains.
In Punjab’s Amritsar, the maximum temperature settled at 33.7 degrees Celsius and the city witnessed five mm of rainfall.
The maximum temperature of Ludhiana, which also saw 1.4 mm of rainfall, was recorded at 35.2 degrees Celsius, two degrees above the normal. (PTI)
