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At least 27 persons were killed and more than 30 injured in incidents of roofs collapse and uprooting of trees and poles 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 Meteorological Department said the storm and rainfall were the result of western disturbance over Rajasthan.
In Farrukhabad, 10 persons died in incidents of wall collapse and uprooting of trees after the storm hit Mempur Katri, Mallai, Daipur, Karanpur, Budhaiya, Jarwa villages, police sources said. In Barabanki, causalities were reported from Kotwa Sadak, Sindwahi, Debra, Dadiamau, Mohsand villages, where six persons died after a wall collapsed on them.
In Lucknow, two deaths were reported after a wall caved in, while one was buried under a tree. In similar incidents, three deaths were reported from Sitpuar, two each in Hardoi and Jalaun and one in Faizabad, police sources said here, adding that the details of these incidents are awaited.
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