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Storms, lightning kill at least 47 in India: officials
NEW DELHI, May 29, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Storms and lightning across a swathe of
northern India have killed at least 47 people, officials said Tuesday, the
latest deaths from freak weather that has battered the country this month.
Disaster management officials in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand states
said a combined total of 47 people had died in overnight storms across the
region.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1527 hrs