More than 27 killed in weather-related incidents in UP

LUCKNOW: More than 27 people have lost their lives in the state since Tuesday due to natural calamities. Most deaths were caused due to heavy rain.
According to reports till 7pm on Thursday, 12 deaths were reported on the day. Lightning claimed five lives in Kaushambi, Unnao, Mirzapur and Lucknow while three died due to snakebite in Fatehpur, Ambedkarnagar and Bareilly.
One person each died in Sandila, Hardoi and Rae Bareli after being crushed under walls which collapsed due to heavy rain.
On Wednesday, five deaths were reported due to wall collapse and one due to roof collapse in heavy rain. These occurred in Fatehpur, Rae Bareli, Hamirpur, Basti and Ayodhya. Snakebite killed two people in Mirzapur and another in Sonbhadra, where another person was killed after being struck by lightning.
On Tuesday, five people had lost their lives. Of these, three were killed in Amethi where a wall collapsed on them due to heavy rain. One death each was reported from Hardoi Sadar and Saharanpur.