31 die in duststorms, rains in North India

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Posted online: Thursday , May 15, 2008 at 08:03:25

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New Delhi, May 15: As many as 31 people were killed and over 50 injured in fierce duststorms, heavy rains and bolts of lightning in different parts of North India on Wednesday.

The duststorms triggered house collapses, uprooted trees and electric poles and snapped communication links in vast areas in the region.

Twenty-nine fatalities were reported from Uttar Pradesh which bore the brunt of the weather fury and two from the national capital.

In Uttar Pradesh, seven people were killed in Etawah, six in Unnao, five in Mathura, four each in Firozabad and Hathras, two in Kanpur and one in Sitapur.

The duststorms were followed by heavy downpours which plummeted mercury providing much-needed respite to denizens reeling under searing heat.

Several places, including Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, went without power for several hours as high-velocity winds knocked out electric poles.

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