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Pre-monsoon thunderstorms and lightning on Saturday claimed two lives in the district and injured three. Four people were injured on Sunday afternoon after being struck by lightning.

The district collectorate has registered 16mm of rainfall on Saturday evening across four talukas. The city received fresh spell of showers on Sunday afternoon which lasted for about half an hour.

Pithi Kashinath Valhekar (45) and Gauri Shravan Waghmare (35) died after being struck by lightning in Mahalkeda, Yeola taluka on Saturday. Nikhil Lakshman Walhekar (10) was injured in the incident.

An official from the district collectorate said that the victims were labourers from Raigad district. Cows and sheep were also killed due to lightning.

On Saturday, Trimbak taluka received 13mm rainfall while Sinnar, Chandwad and Nashik recorded 1mm of rainfall.

On Sunday, the rainfall recorded by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in the city was 14.8mm. The maximum temperature was recorded at 35.4 degrees celsius and minimum temperature was 23.5 degrees celsius.

The weather department predicts more rains and has attributed the change in weather conditions to the depression over Arabian Sea. "A depression has formed over Arabian Sea which is likely to result in widespread rainfall over Konkan-Goa region in the next two days. Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada are likely to receive rainfall as well," said Ajay Kumar, IMD Mumbai.

Source: TNN