At least nine persons died and 12 were injured in several districts of West Bengal due to incidents of lightning strike and wall collapse. Since Thursday evening, the region has had heavy rainfall, a state disaster management department official told PTI on Friday, 1 June.
Four persons in Hooghly district and one from Birbhum district were killed due to lightning strikes, he said. One death each was reported from Purba Burdwan district's Katwa and Mangalkote because of wall collapse.
Lightning caused the deaths of one person each in Howrah and South 24 Parganas districts on Thursday, the official said.
"The injured are undergoing treatment at various hospitals," he told PTI.
Dust Storm Hits Dehi NCR Again
A dust storm hit Delhi-NCR on Friday night, 1 June, bringing some relief from the sultry weather.
A few flights were diverted due to the dust storm, sources at the IGI Airport said.
The dust storm hit Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, and Ghaziabad.
According to the Safdarjung Observatory, a dust storm with a wind speed of up to 40 kmph hit the national capital.
It brought the maximum temperature down from 42 degrees Celsius at 8:30 pm to 35 degree Celsius at 9 pm.
The weatherman forecast another dust storm in the city on Saturday.
According to airport sources, the dust storm caused diversion of three flights, including a Delhi-bound Indigo flight from Chennai, which was re-routed to Lucknow.
Airlines such as Jet Airways and Vistara took to Twitter to announce delays in arrivals and departures due to air-traffic congestion in Delhi due to the adverse weather.
(With PTI inputs)
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