"lightning-strike"

Fourteen people died in Prayagraj, five in Kanpur Dehat, three each in Firozabad and Kaushambhi and two each in Unnao and Chitrakoot after lightning struck them.

The deceased were identified as Chatla Veeraraju (65) and Bhaskar Rao (70)

The lightning strikes under Majhgawa and Badera police station areas killed six people and injured three others.

All the five are agriculture labourers, were plucking red chillies in an agriculture field when lightning struck them, killing two on the spot

Bandaru karunakar Reddy (62), a farmer, and his wife Venamma(57) died on the spot when lightning struck them while they were working in their agriculture field