15 dead, 133 buildings collapse as rainfall wreaks havoc in UP

Torrential rains in Uttar Pradesh has claimed as many as 15 lives and has led to the collapse of nearly 133 buildings over the past five days. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted "partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers" for Saturday and next five days in Lucknow.

Uttar Pradesh: As many as 15 people have lost their lives, 133 buildings have collapsed and 23 animals were killed following torrential rainfall and thunderstorm in 14 districts of Uttar Pradesh over the past four days.

Among the districts that were worst affected by the natural calamity are Unnao, Ambedkar Nagar, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Hardoi, Khiri, Gorakhpur, Kanpur Nagar, Pilibhit, Sonabhadra, Chandoli, Firozabad, Mau and Sultanpur.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted "partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers" for Saturday and next five days in Lucknow.

According to IMD, heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttarakhand, East Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa, Coastal Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura is expected on Saturday.