Five killed in rain-related incidents in Gujarat

Five people died in rain-related incidents in Gujarat on Friday, as unseasonal showers continued to lash the state, officials said. At least 12 people have died in incidents such as lightning strikes, in three different spells of rainfall that hit parts of the state since March 4 till date, said an official of the State Emergency Operations Centre in Gandhinagar. On Friday alone, five people died either in lightning strikes or in incidents of tree fall in Dahod, Vadodara and Dang districts, he said. Vadodara also experienced a hailstorm on Friday.