Dusts storms kill over 70 in India

    Dust storms have claimed the lives of at least 76 people in India.

    Scores more were injured in the storms that hit the northern Indian states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

    Power has been disrupted, livestock killed and houses destroyed during the severe weather on Wednesday 2 April.

    Reports say many of the dead were sleeping when their houses collapsed after being struck by intense bursts of lightning.

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