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14 killed in rain-related incidents in N. India

Xinhua, March 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least 14 people were killed Sunday in incidents related with widespread rains which fell on northern India, said local media.

Twelve people were killed in the state of Rajasthan due to rain, lightning and hailstorms, while two others were killed in rock- slide caused by heavy rain, said Press Trust of India.

The rain also destroyed crops in some parts of northern India, sad the report.

The temperature of northern India, including the capital Delhi, has remained unusually low so far this month because of rains. Endi