Dust storms in northern India uprooted trees, electricity poles, and left many without power on May 3. “There is a high probability that winds will intensify in the next 48 hours in Rajasthan, which may lead to another dust storm,” he told the Press Trust of India. “It will affect areas of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan border, especially Karauli and Dholpur.”[A city in Pakistan may have just endured the hottest April temperature ever observed on Earth]The majority of the deaths were in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, in the north. Dust storms have hit India in the past, but officials said what made this storm so deadly was the fallen debris. “I’ve been in office for 20 years, and this is the worst I’ve seen,” Hemant Gera, secretary for disaster management and relief in Rajasthan, told BBC News about the storm.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2018 13:31 UTC