The death toll in the dust storm and heavy rainfall that swept through northern India has climbed up to at least 127, as the country’s weather agency warns of more weather disturbance in the coming days.
Officials told Al Jazeera that at least 73 people have been killed and 91 others injured in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
In neighbouring Rajasthan state, at least 36 people were killed and over a hundred were injured, while four others were reported killed and eight injured in Uttarakhand.
Some of those who were seriously injured from the collapse of buildings and homes on Wednesday evening died in hospital, according to reports.
Meanwhile, in the state of Andra Pradesh, at least 14 people were reported killed by lightning strikes.
India’s National Weather Forecasting Centre said that thunderstorm accompanied with squall are “very likely” at isolated places in Uttarakand, Jammu and Kashmir and other neighbouring states today and tomorrow.
A “heat wave condition” is also expected tomorrow in some parts of Rajasthan.
