UP Monsoon Alert: The weather is quite bad in many areas of Uttar Pradesh. Although it may take several days for the monsoon to arrive in UP, pre-monsoon rains are already underway. It has been raining since morning, providing people with relief from the heat due to the drop in temperature.

Not only this, in the last day, 22 people in the state have lost their lives due to the storm and lightning. The following 24 hours are not going to be easy for UP, as the weather is expected to be quite bad. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, an alert has been issued for heavy rain with thunder and lightning in 51 districts of the state. You can find the weather details below in more detail.

Rain warning in these districts

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, a warning of rain with thunder and lightning has been issued in 51 districts of UP on June 16. IMD has issued a yellow alert for rain with thunder and thunderstorms in Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Hapur, and Baghpat. Apart from these, the weather is expected to deteriorate in Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh, Agra,  and Mathura.

Etah, Kasganj, Hathras, Firozabad, and Mainpuri may also receive rain accompanied by thunder. Etawah, Auraiya, Bijnor, Amroha and Moradabad may also receive rain. A rain alert has also been issued for Rampur, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Sambhal, Badaun, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jhansi and Lalitpur.

Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Sant Ravidas Nagar, and Hardoi may receive rain accompanied by thunderstorms. A rain alert has been issued in many districts, including Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Fatehpur, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Raebareli, and Amethi.

Many people lost their lives due to lightning.

Storms, rain, and lightning became the cause of death in many parts of Uttar Pradesh. Twenty-two people died in the state. Four members of the same family died due to lightning. In Moradabad and Sambhal, separate accidents occurred due to lightning, resulting in the deaths of three people.

Among these, two women from Sambhal and one from Moradabad lost their lives. Rampbyrm eyed lawyers. Eight people in Rampurt, including four children, lost their lives due to lightning in Ghazipur, Jaunpur, and Sonbhadra yesterday. Meaning, in the last 18 hours, the weather gave painful wounds to the people of UP.