27 killed as duststorm hits UP

At least 27 persons were killed and more than 30 injured in  incidents of roofs collapse and uprooting of trees and poles  in the last 24 hours after a severe dust storm hit several districts of Uttar Pradesh.Ten persons were killed in Farukhabad, six including two children in Barabanki, three each in state capital lucknow  and Sitapur, two each in Hardoi and Jalaun and one in  Faizabad last evening, officials said today.

The gusty winds, which were followed by showers, uprooted trees, electricity poles and hutments, causing severe damage to public and private property.The weather remained pleasant on Friday with the maximum temperature falling by eight degrees and the minimum temperature by three degrees.The local forecast for lucknow and the neighbopartly cloudy sky. Rain and thundershowers would occur in some area.

The  maximum and minimum temperature would be around 35 and 19 degree celsius respectively. The state forecast rain and thundershowers would occur at  isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh. The weather would be mainly dry over eastern Uttar Pradesh. There is warning of moderate thunder hail would occur at isolated places over western Uttar Pradesh.

Gorakhpur recorded a maximum of 36.6  degree celcius which  was 1 degrees below normal, Varanasi recorded  a minimum of 40.4  degree celcius which was 1   degrees 

below normal, Sultanpur recorded a maximum of 36.8  degree celcius which was  2 degrees below normal, Bahraich recorded a maximum of 31.6 degrees celcius which was 5 degrees below normal, Allahabad recorded a maximum of 39.6 degree celcius which was  1 degrees above normal,  Bareilly recorded a maximum of  37.3 degree celcius which was  1 degree above normal, Jhansi recorded a maximum of   37.3 degree celcius which was 3 degrees below normal, Meerut recorded a maximum of 28.5 degrees celcius which was  8 degrees below normal, Basti recorded a maximum of 38  degree celcius which was  normal, Ghazipur recorded a maximum of   39.7 degree celcius which was 3  degrees below normal and Kanpur recorded a maximum of  19.3 degrees celcius which was  2 degrees below normal.