Photos: Severe storms and heavy rain across India kill at least 57

Dust storms and thunderstorms wreaked havoc on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the national capital, killing at least 57 people and leaving behind a trail of destruction. At several places in north India including Delhi, high-velocity winds uprooted trees and affected road, rail and air services. Thunderstorm and dust storm with winds speeds of up to 70 km per hour are “very likely” on Monday in districts of Uttar Pradesh and across parts of northern India, the weather office warned.

Updated on: May 14, 2018 11:16 AM IST

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A man stands on the balcony of his apartment during a sudden storm accompanied by rain in New Delhi on May 13, 2018. At least 57 people were killed and many injured as severe storms accompanied by heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds swept through large swathes of the country on Sunday. (Manish Swarup / AP)

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Motorists make their way through the rain in Pune, Maharashtra. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), thunderstorms also occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Maharashtara, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. (Ravindra Joshi / HT Photo)

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In Delhi, the sky turned dark grey around 4:30 pm yesterday. Gusty winds and rain lashed the national capital, bringing the temperature down to 25.2 degrees Celsius. A squall and dust storm with a wind speed of up to 109 kmph was recorded in Delhi, killing two persons and injuring 18 others. (Ravi choudhary / PTI)

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At several places in north India including Delhi, high-velocity winds uprooted trees and affected road, rail and air services. On May 2, a thunderstorm killed 134 people across northern India, with hundreds more reported injured. (Sushil Kumar / HT Photo)

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Dark clouds seen above Gurugram in the afternoon on Sunday. Uttar Pradesh bore the brunt of a thunderstorm and hail that left at least 38 people dead, while 12 people including four children were killed in West Bengal, nine in Andhra Pradesh, officials said. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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Passing motorists clear a tree that fell by the roadside near film city flyover during the storm in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The strong winds knocked down nearly 200 trees in Delhi. Incidents of wall collapse were reported from Najafgarh, Transit Camp, Nehru Place, Mohan Garden in Uttam Nagar and Raj Nagar in Palam, said a senior officer of the Delhi Fire Service. (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)

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Vehicles ply at a road as visibility turns poor during heavy rains in Kolkata on Sunday. According to the state disaster management department, Sunday’s toll took the total number of storm-related deaths in West Bengal to 46 since April 30. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said her government will provide compensation to the families of the dead and help rebuild storm-ravaged houses. (Ashok Bhaumik / PTI)

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A boy runs for cover during the dust storm in New Delhi. The IMD has predicted that the hill states of Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are likely to get thunderstorms on Monday, while parts of Rajasthan might see a dust storm. The subsequent effect on the plains of northern India is also predicted. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

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A view at Raisina Hill after the thunderstorm in New Delhi on Sunday. The forecast said thunderstorms and squall with wind speed reaching up to 70kmph were likely at isolated places over eastern UP, the Northeast, West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand. Gusty winds were likely in Punjab, Haryana, UP, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Kerala. (Arun Sharma / PTI)