Hyderabad: The heavy unseasonal rains and hailstorm that lashed parts of Andhra Pradesh during last two days claimed 17 lives and damaged crops over more than 252,000 hectares, officials said yesterday.
Seventeen deaths were reported from nine districts. While 12 people died after being struck by thunderbolts, three were killed due to electric shock, and two in house collapse. According to officials in the state’s disaster management department, 857 houses were damaged in four districts with the maximum damage in Adilabad.
The freak rains came as a rude shock to the farmers, who suffered huge crop loss. IANS
