Untimely rains accompanied by hailstorm and strong winds lashed several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Friday causing widespread damage to standing crops of wheat and mustard.
Districts like Pilibhit, Sitapur, Chandauli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Bijnor and Jaunpur were severely affected by inclement weather conditions.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked all district magistrates to assess the damage to crops, cattle and directed them to provide immediate relief to the affected people.
As per the reports, a total of 28 people, including women and children, were killed in various rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours.
Those killed included six each in Sitapur and Lakhimpur Kheri, three each in Jaunpur and Barabanki, two in Sonbhadra and one each in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Siddharth Nagar, Ayodhya, Chandauli, Kanpur Dehat, Mirzapur and Balrampur.
