๐A powerful thunderstorm accompanied by rain hit various parts of Uttarakhand, uprooting trees and killing at least four people in separate incidents, officials said on Wednesday.
๊งTwo people, including a child, were killed in Haridwar district while the Pauri and Nainital districts recorded one fatality each in the storm that hit the state late on Tuesday, they said.
๐งธA child was killed and three were injured when a 100-year-old peepal tree uprooted by the storm fell on them in the Jwalapur area of Haridwar district, Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Singh said.ย
๊ฆIn a separate incident, a pilgrim from Sonepat in Haryana was killed when a tree fell on him in the Chamgadar Tapu area near Haridwar's Har ki Pairi, Singh said.ย
๐Besides a large number of trees, electric poles were also uprooted, causing prolonged power outages in many areas of Haridwar, he said. Several hoardings were also blown away. ย ย ย
๐ซThe thunderstorm also uprooted trees and electric poles in the Pauri district.
๐งธManjit Singh Aswal was killed and his wife injured when a tree fell on the couple near the Buddha Park in Kotdwar, the police said.ย
โAccording to the police, in the Haldwani area of Nainital district, Uttarakhand High Court lawyer Tanuj Semwal was killed when a tree fell on his car.
๐The thunderstorm uprooted trees in Dehradun as well, officials here said.
