The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued weather alerts across Uttar Pradesh on Thursday (10 April). IMD has issued orange and yellow alerts for thunderstorms, lightning, squall and strong winds in the following area:

Orange alerts for: Shrawasti, Balrampur-UP, Gonda, Barabanki, Lucknow, Raibeareli, Amethi,Siddharthnagar, Basti, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Pratapgarh-UP, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Santkabirnagar, Ambedkarnagar, Deoria,, Ballia, Gaipur, Chandauli, Varanasi and Santravidasnagar.

• Yellow alerts for: Sharanpur, Shamali, Muzafarnagar,Bijnor, Baghpat, Meerut, Jyotibaphule Nagar, Morababad, Rampur, Sambhal, Badaun, Bareilly, Pilhibhit, Shahajahanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Sitapur, Bahraich, Unnao, Kanpur, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra.
• IMD has has issued yellow alert for thunderstorms, lightning, squall and strong winds in the aforementioned areas until Saturday (12 April).