LUCKNOW, Sep. 12, 2023 (TBINN)
Nine more people have died as heavy rains lashed Uttar Pradesh for the third day, taking the death toll to 28, while a Red Alert sounded today in six districts including the worst-hit Barabanki and Gonda.
A senior official said that in the past 48 hours, more than 100 M.M. of rainfall was recorded in seven districts of the state and 10 other districts recorded 50 M.M. of rain. Certain parts of Bahraich and Barabanki received over 250 M.M. of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
Nine deaths were reported in the last 24 hours from 6 P.M. on Monday till 6 P.M. on Tuesday, today. It included five, due to lightning, two from excessive rainfall and one each due to drowning, Relief Commissioner’s office said in U.P.’s capital.
These deaths included three in Mirzapur, two each in Prayagraj and Sitapur and one each in Sultanpur and Budaun, it said.
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