Monitoring Desk
NEW DELHI: At least 150 people were killed after a series of powerful storms hit India this week and the officials warned on Friday that the death toll may be as extreme weather expected.
According to Indian media reports, 121 people were killed in a deadly dust storm in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Punjab states of Indian and similarly around 30 people were killed south part of the country in a electric storm, in which lightning struck an estimate 40,000 times in the area.
Thousands of homes in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan had been after a powerful storm with a speed of 130 kilometers per hour hit the area.
The state disaster management department said that Agra district was most hit areas where at least 43 people killed.
The India Meteorological Department has warned there are likely to be more storms over a wider area Saturday.
Storms and lightning strikes kill thousands of people every year in India but this was one of the most severe series of storms in recent decades.
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