The storm had already claimed the lives of at least two people in China's Hainan and 16 people in the Philippines
According to sources in the state disaster management department, three persons died due to lightning strikes in Nizamabad district while two persons were electrocuted in Karimnagar and Warangal districts on Saturday evening.
Three deaths were also reported from Guntur district when farmers returning home from work were struck by lightning. The heavy unseasonal rains also damaged standing crops including maize, jowar, sunflower and tobacco in over 20,000 hectares in the four Telangana districts of Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Adilabad and Medak, the sources said.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who is in New Delhi in connection with the two-day conclave of chief ministers and state Congress presidents, reviewed the situation with State Chief Secretary Minnie Mathews and directed her to depute officials to assess crop damage and the situation in the affected areas. Similarly, Revenue Minister Raghuveera Reddy and Agriculture Minister Kanna Laxminarayana also held review meetings with top officials to take stock of the situation.
The storm had already claimed the lives of at least two people in China's Hainan and 16 people in the Philippines
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