Nearly 100 houses were gutted in a fire which broke out due to lightning in UP's Sambhal. Nine people were killed in Andhra Pradesh.

This morning, pictures showed a tree that had fallen on one of the vehicles of BJP lawmaker and actor Hema Malini's convoy in UP's Mathura. Over 120 storm-related deaths have been reported in the state in the last 12 days alone.

Thunderstorm and dust storm with wind speeds of up to 70 km per hour are "very likely" today in 26 districts of UP, the Met department said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is taking stock of the situation in the state and has asked officials to give compensation to the families of those who died within 24 hours, Relief Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said.

In West Bengal, four people, including children, were killed and over 15 injured by lightning bolts and heavy rain yesterday.

One person died in Delhi as a powerful dust storm swept through the capital and its suburbs, uprooting trees that fell on vehicles and caused traffic snarls. The Met office predicts light rain in the Delhi today.

Delhi Metro services were hampered too. Thousands of commuters were stuck on the busy Blue Line, which links Dwarka in north-west Delhi to Noida and Vaishali in Uttar Pradesh, for almost 45 minutes. The trains were then slowed down as a precaution.

"Saddened by the loss of lives due to storms in some parts of the country. Condolences to the bereaved families. I pray for the speedy recovery of those injured," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

The Met office said the storm was a result of western disturbances over Jammu and Kashmir and cyclonic circulation over Haryana. An east-west trough from Haryana to Nagaland and easterly winds from Bay of Bengal are raising wind speed.

Sunday's devastation comes just over a week after 124 people died due to strong thunderstorms and gusty winds that swept across several states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.