Lightning strike
Rains or thundershowers kept mercury near normal levels in many parts of the country even as three members of a family died in lightning strikes in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Nagpur, Brahmapuri, and Chandrapur in Maharashtra recorded the highest temperature for the country at 45ยฐC.

In the national capital, it was a hot day with a maximum at 41.5ยฐC, a notch above the season's average.

The minimum rose to settle at 31.6ยฐC, five notches above normal.

The MeT has predicted rains accompanied by dust storm and thunderstorm towards tomorrow evening and night.

In Uttar Pradesh, a man and his two minor sons died in the incident of lightning in Bhawarkol area in Ghazipur yesterday.

Source: PTI