Monsoon Fury: Deadly Lightning Strikes Claim 85 Lives in UP, Bihar, and Jharkhand!

Monsoon Fury: More than 80 people have lost their lives due to lightning strikes in many states including Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Apart from this, many people have been injured.

In UP, 43 people died due to lightning, 9 due to drowning and 2 due to snake bite. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand’s Saraikela-Kharsawan district, three people including a woman and her minor son died and three others were injured due to lightning. Apart from this, 20 students were seriously injured in a school in Murshidabad, West Bengal due to lightning.

More than 20 students were seriously injured when lightning struck a tree in the premises of Bhagirathpur High School in Domkal, Murshidabad. Students were studying in the classroom when the lightning struck. After the accident, the injured students were taken to Domkal Super Specialty Hospital. News agency IANS quoted hospital sources as saying that all the injured students are out of danger.

How many people died in Bihar?

The Bihar government had told on Monday (July 8, 2024) that 12 people died due to lightning in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of deaths due to lightning since July 1 has increased to 42. Actually, heavy rains are continuously occurring in many areas of UP, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar. In such a situation, flood situation prevails in many places. 

What is the situation in UP?

According to news agency PTI, 923 villages in 16 districts of UP are in the grip of floods and relief and rescue operations are going on in the affected areas. More than 18 lakh population of a total of 923 villages in 16 districts of the state, Lakhimpur Kheri, Pilibhit, Shravasti, Gonda, Balrampur, Kushinagar, Shahjahanpur, Ballia, Basti, Siddharthnagar, Barabanki, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Moradabad and Azamgarh are affected by the floods.

What will be the weather like in UP?

The weather department has predicted thunderstorms at almost all places in the eastern parts of UP and rain at many places in the western parts during the next 24 hours. The IMD said that heavy to very heavy rainfall may occur at some places.

How will the weather be in Bihar?

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy (64.5-115.5 mm) to very heavy (115.5-204.4 mm) rainfall at isolated places in Bihar today.