- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
STORMS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAUSE WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION FIERCE storms which swept across north India have killed at least 47, taking the death toll from freak weather over the past month to more than 300, officials said on Tuesday (29). The storms and lightning strikes toppled walls and power pylons or electrocuted victims, as temperatures in India rose as high as 48.6ºC. Disaster management officials in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand said 47 people had died in night-time storms that swept across the region. Bihar was the worst hit, pounded by strong winds and thunderbolts. “At least 19…
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