NEW DELHI: The deep depression over the Arabian Sea has intensified into a cyclonic storm. But it remains stationary 1,100 km west-south-west off Mumbai, 1,030 km off Naliya in the Kutch region of Gujarat and 1,100 km south-south-west off Karachi.

Heavy rain caused by tropical storm Agatha has killed almost 100 people in Central America, where tens of thousands of people had to be evacuated over the weekend because of flooding.

LUCKNOW: Fifteen people have been killed and several others injured in duststorms in different districts of Uttar Pradesh, official sources said here on Thursday.

New Delhi: Fifteen people were killed on Thursday as dust storms lashed different districts of Uttar Pradesh while North India continued to reel under the heat wave with the mercury crossing 45 degrees at several places.

BHUBANESWAR: Orissa Monday hoisted storm warning signal in four of its ports as a depression formed over south-east Bay of Bengal was likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm, an official said.

Residents of the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden had a miraculous escape after a power cable snapped last night over the campus during the storm that lashed large tracts Guwahati and adjoining areas.

Patna: Sixteen persons, including three children, were killed and more than 25 injured when a high velocity storm struck eastern Bihar on Friday morning.

This is the second instance of a thunderstorm hitting the State after a Nor'wester hit West Bengal, Bihar and Assam last month, claiming more than 130 lives and rendering lakhs of people homeless.

: At least 38 people were killed after a tornado, hail storms, galeforce winds and torrential rains hit southern China, damaging thousands of homes and destroying crops.

Aurangabad: Farmers are lamenting the damage to their mango crops in various regions of Maharashtra due to hailstones and early rainfall.

Every year Aurangabad district exports around 70 tons of Kesar Mangoes to USA. But earlier this week, due to hailstorms and unexpected rainfall, the mangoes have been damaged, and developed holes and bruises.