Rains lash UP, lightning kills 9 in Fatehpur

Nine persons, including three children, were killed in Fatehpur district after being hit by lightning as light to moderate rain/thundershower occurred at a few places in Uttar Pradesh.
According to report from Fatehpur district, nine persons were killed in different areas after being hit by lightning.
The Lucknow MeT office said Kaimganj and Lalitpur recorded rainfall measuring 10-cm each; followed by Aligarh 9-cm; Bareilly and Narrora 6-cm each; and Nighasan, Lalganj, Iglas and Jalabad 5-cm each.
Gaighat, Fatehgarh, Shahganj, Palliakalan, Jasrana and Meerut received rainfall measuring 4-cm each, while Meja, Harriya, Ayodhya, Chibramau, Kanpur Lakhimpur Kheri, Shaswan, Jalesar, Garotha and Jhansi recorded rains of 3-cm each.

The Southwest Monsoon has been normal over the state, a MeT official said.
As per a MeT department forecast, rain or thundershowers may occur at many places over eastern Uttar Pradesh and at a few places over western parts of the state tomorrow.