A minimum of 56 individuals were eliminated on Wednesday after an effective storm accompanied by heavy rain triggered extensive damage in Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Bhadohi, Fatehpur, Unnao, Kanput Dehat, Chandauli, Sonbhadra and Badaun districts of Uttar Pradesh to name a few.
< source media ="(min-width:768px)" alt ="Commuters make their way through an uprooted tree lying on a road after a dust storm, in Prayagraj on Wednesday. (PTI PHOTO)" > < img src ="https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2026/05/13/400x225/Commuters-make-their-way-through-an-uprooted-tree-_1778702975162.jpg"alt ="Commuters make their way through an uprooted tree lying on a road after a dust storm, in Prayagraj on Wednesday. (PTI PHOTO)"title ="Commuters make their way through an uprooted tree lying on a road after a dust storm, in Prayagraj on Wednesday. (PTI PHOTO)"width ="360"height ="202"loading ="eager">Sixteen deaths were reported from the Prayagraj area, 16 from Bhadohi district, 9 from Fatehpur district, 4 from Unnao, 3 from Kanpur Dehat, 5 from Budaun, 2 from Chandauli and one from Sonbhadra, according to reports gotten from the districts and news companies.
The state federal government has actually not launched any combined figures for casualties in the areas or the state as a whole.
A senior state federal government officer stated,”We remain in the procedure of collecting the figures and after that the state federal government will reveal settlement appropriately”.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has actually provided regulations to offer payment to victims impacted by the damage brought on by unseasonal rain, storm, and lightning strikes throughout Uttar Pradesh. He mentioned that the job of providing relief to the victims should be finished within 24 hours, the chief minister’s workplace stated in a declaration.
The primary minister revealed his acknowledgements to the bereaved households and directed authorities from different departments– consisting of the district magistrates of all districts– to check out the afflicted websites and offer every possible support to the victims. He stressed that no neglect in performing this job would be endured.
He advised authorities to stay on high alert. He directed the income department, the farming department, and insurance coverage business to perform a study of the damage and send a report to the federal government. Guidelines have actually been released to finish the damage control right away following the study and to pay out settlement without hold-up.
Authorities stated a minimum of 16 individuals lost their lives in Bhadohi.
Extra district magistrate Kunwar Virendra Kumar Maurya stated reports were originating from a number of locations about rooted out trees, electrical power poles and harmed houses.He stated repair and rescue operations dealt with problems since mobile networks were interfered with due to the storm. Maurya stated sub-divisional magistrates, tehsildars, other district authorities and authorities were checking and performing relief work throughout all 3 tehsils of the district.
In a post on X, Bhadohi cops stated that 16 individuals passed away in different occurrences in the district due to a dust storm, while 6 were hurt, of whom 2 were severe.
In Fatehpur, 9 individuals were eliminated, and 16 were hurt in storm-related events.
Extra district magistrate Avinash Tripathi stated, “Eight individuals, consisting of 5 ladies, were eliminated in Khaga tehsil, in Sadar tehsil, one female was eliminated due to a home wall collapse.An overall of 9 deaths have actually been reported in storm-related events, while 16 individuals were hurt.
A report from Prayagraj stated a 35-year-old female, Savita, and her six-year-old boy were eliminated when the wall near which they had actually nestled collapsed in Phulpur.
In Handia, a 14-year-old lady passed away after being caught below a tin-shed space that collapsed throughout the storm. 5 other deaths were likewise reported.
An e-rickshaw chauffeur, Riyasat Ali, passed away in Mauaima, while a nine-year-old kid lost his life in Soraon.
In Akhri Shahpur town in Meja, a 12-year-old young boy was eliminated when a tin shed collapsed on him, while his seriously hurt good friend was hurried to SRN Hospital by his member of the family.
Another 12-year-old kid was returning from an orchard when he was eliminated by a branch that all of a sudden broke off a mango tree and fell on him.
In Hetapatti, under the Tharwai authorities jurisdiction of Prayagraj, a 60-year-old male, Dayanand Yadav, passed away in a weather-related occurrence/.
In Pratapgarh, Lal Bahadur Verma passed away after being struck by lightning in Chhatarpur Rachna, within the Antu police headquarters location. In Ojha Ka Purwa Bijumau, under the Lalganj Kotwali jurisdiction, Dharmendra Yadav passed away after being crushed below a tin shed. Shanti Devi passed away after the yard wall of her home collapsed in Narangpur town under the Baghrai police headquarters location,
In Unnao, 4 individuals passed away throughout the district consisting of a nine-year-old young boy, a 70-year-old male and 2 other guys in different occurrences.
In Kanpur Dehat, a 19-year-old lady, Ruchi, was amongst those eliminated due to lightning strike. Throughout a wedding at Kutra town, a 10-year-old lady, who was standing near an unplastered mud wall when it collapsed throughout the storm, eliminating her immediately, the Kanpur Dehat authorities stated.
In Budaun, 5 individuals, consisting of 2 small women, were eliminated and as numerous were hurt in different events brought on by a serious dust storm and rain.
Extra Superintendent of Police (Rural) Hridesh Kumar Kataria stated 5 individuals have actually passed away in storm-related events in Bisoli and Faizganj Behta police headquarters locations, while around 5 others were hurt. In Sonbhadra, a single person, determined as Madhav Singh (38 ), passed away after a tree fell on him when he stopped to nestle under it. The occurrence happened in the Punnuganj police headquarters location, cops stated.
In Chandauli, 2 individuals passed away in different occurrences in the Chakia police headquarters location.
(WITH PTI INPUTS)