UP: Many rivers in spate; at least 14 dead due to rain-related incidents, drowning
UP: Many rivers in spate; at least 14 dead due to rain-related incidents, drowning
LUCKNOW: Many rivers including Ganga, Sharda and Ghaghra were flowing above the danger mark in Uttar Pradesh after heavy rainfall even as 14 people have died in rain-related and drowning incidents since Saturday, including 10 in a building collapse in Meerut.
Heavy rain is very likely at isolated places over eastern UP and "thunderstorm accompanied with lightning" is expectes at isolated places over East UP," the meteorological department said.
Officials said 10 people were killed after a three-storey house collapsed in the Zakir Nagar area of Meerut on Saturday following heavy rains.
