Fresh thunderstorm alert issued to U.P., West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar

A man cleans a room littered with concrete on May 4, 2018 after walls and the roof of his house collapsed during a dust storm at Kakua village in Uttar Pradesh.

A man cleans a room littered with concrete on May 4, 2018 after walls and the roof of his house collapsed during a dust storm at Kakua village in Uttar Pradesh.   | Photo Credit: AP

Thunderstorm and lightning killed 124 persons in two days, says Union Home Ministry.

As many as 124 people have lost their lives due to thunderstorms and lightning in five States in the last two days, the Union Home Ministry said on May 4.

While the highest death toll, 73, was in Uttar Pradesh, 35 were killed in Rajasthan, eight in Telangana, six in Uttarakhand and two in Punjab.

A fresh warning has been issued about a possible thunderstorms accompanied with squall which may hit four States — West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh — on May 4, a Home Ministry spokesperson said.