Uttar Pradesh Weather Alert: Dust storm and rain 'very likely' on Wednesday

Thunderstorm or dust storm accompanied with squall is 'very likely' at isolated places in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

According to the Meteorological Department, rain or thunderstrom is very likely at isolated places in eastern parts of the state and weather is most likely to remain dry in western parts on Thursday and Friday.

Meanwhile, day temperature was above normal in Allahabad, Varanasi, Faizabad, Kanpur and Jhansi divisions on Monday.

Allahabad was the hottest place in the state with a high of 45.2 degrees Celsius. 

At least 10 people were killed and 28 others injured after a deadly thunderstorm struck parts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

Out of the 10 people, three died in Gonda, one in Faizabad and six in Sitapur. The Meteorological Centre, Lucknow had earlier issued warnings of thunderstorm accompanied with squall, dust storm and rain in parts of Uttar Pradesh.

This comes after 15 people were reported dead and nine others injured after a thunderstorm hit various regions of the state on June 2. The causalities were reported from Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Amroha, and Sambhal districts of the state.