Nine more people have died as heavy rains lashed Uttar Pradesh for the third day taking the death count to 28, while a red alert was sounded in six districts including the worst-hit Barabanki and Gonda.
A senior official said that in the past 48 hours, more than 100 mm of rainfall was recorded in seven districts of the state and 10 other districts recorded 50 mm of rain. Certain parts of Bahraich and Barabanki have received over 250 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
These deaths included three in Mirzapur, two each in Prayagraj and Sitapur and one each in Sultanpur and Budaun, it said.
On Monday, 19 deaths were reported in rain-related incidents. Four were from Hardoi, three from Barabanki, two each from Pratapgarh and Kannauj, and one each from Amethi, Deoria, Jalaun, Kanpur, Unnao, Sambhal, Rampur and Muzaffarnagar districts.
A red alert has been sounded in six districts - Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Sitapur, Barabanki and Gonda, while there is an orange alert in four districts - Hardoi, Basti, Lucknow and Siddharthnagar - for the day, the senior official of the Relief Commissioner's office said.