According to reports reaching here, four persons including a 20 year old woman died when lightning struck in many places of Warangal during the midnight hours of Monday till the wee hours of today.
Banoth Uma, Kambalapalli Thanda in Mahbubabad Mandal who is going to get married on 21 of this month died when the thunderbolt struck while she is trying to shift material related to the wedding ceremony from outside into her house.
Her mother is also hurt in the incident.
Rains lashed K Samudram, Dharmasagar, Mulugu and Chelpuru mandal at the same time.
Kusa Kondaiah (38) of Salakhpur, Maddur mandal, died struck by a thunder bolt while he trying to escape from the heavy rain by standing under a tree.
In another, incident again in Warangal district a Hamali, Elikatte Govardhan (26) was struck by lightening during the wee hours of today in Bachannapet of Gangapur while he was uploading rice bags into a waiting truck in a market yard. He died on the spot.
Onere persons whose identity was not established died when thunderbolt struck him in the freak rain, mango orchards and Banana plantations took heavy toll in the rain and heavy winds.
In neighboring Nizamabad, heavy rains damaged rice bags left in pen in market yard, turmeric and Aamchur (dried mango) in huge quantities.
Farmers in the region were again warned by the met office that the low pressure area in addition to the cumulonimbus clouds spread over Telangana could bring in more rains
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