Three persons were killed in incidents of wall collapse and uprooting of trees as a strong dust storm lashed Uttar Pradesh even as light to moderate rains brought the soaring temperature down considerably in Northern States.
Heat wave abates
Heat wave conditions abated in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar following fresh spell of rains.
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In Delhi, the mercury settled below the 40 degrees mark as the city recorded light to moderate rains in the afternoon.
The maximum and minimum temperatures in the national capital were 38.6 and 27.4 degrees, respectively.
The Met office said the Safdarjung weather station, data of which is considered the official figure for the city, recorded 0.4 mm of rainfall while areas under Palam, Ayanagar and Ridge observatories received 0.8 mm, 8.9 mm and 0.4 mm of rainfall, respectively, till 5.30 pm.
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The showers were accompanied by strong winds measured at speeds of up to 60 km per hour at the Safdarjung observatory and 92 km/hour at Palam.
In Uttar Pradesh, a 12-year-old boy was killed when a wall collapsed on him following a dust storm in Manjhanpur area of Kaushambi district. Two more persons died after trees fell on them during a duststorm in Jaunpur ditrict.
According to the MeT office, chief amount of rainfall was gauged in Lalganj - 2 cm, Kerakat, Mohamadabad, Rasra and Varanasi — 1 cm each.
Meerut, Faizabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad, Varanasi, Allahabad recorded a dip in day temperatures. Jhansi and Agra were the hottest at 42 degrees.
In nBihar, light to moderate-intensity showers brought day temperatures down by a several notches. Maximum 5.3 mm of rainfall was recorded in Bhagalpur, while Gaya was the hottest place in the state at 41.4 degrees. - PTI