<p>New Delhi: Nearly 100 people have died since Wednesday after heavy rain lashed parts of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/top-india-news">India</a> and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/nepal">Nepal</a>, officials and media said, and the weather department has predicted more unseasonal rain for the region.</p><p>The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Wednesday raised a multi-hazard warning for the country, with heatwave conditions in the western parts and thunderstorms in the eastern and central region.</p><p>In the eastern state of Bihar, at least 64 people died in rain-related incidents since Wednesday, a senior official from the state's disaster management department told Reuters.</p><p>Local media reported that more than 20 people have died in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.</p>.22 killed in rain-related incidents in UP; CM directs officials to expedite relief measures.<p>Meanwhile in neighbouring Nepal, lightning strikes and heavy rain killed at least eight people, National Disaster Authority officials said.</p><p>India's weather office expects heavy rain with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds over central and eastern India till Saturday.</p><p>The monsoon season usually begins in June in southern India, and summer months in the recent past have been marked by intense heatwaves that have killed several people.</p><p>State-run IMD said last week that India is expected to experience a much hotter April, with above normal temperatures across most of the country.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Nearly 100 people have died since Wednesday after heavy rain lashed parts of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/top-india-news">India</a> and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/nepal">Nepal</a>, officials and media said, and the weather department has predicted more unseasonal rain for the region.</p><p>The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Wednesday raised a multi-hazard warning for the country, with heatwave conditions in the western parts and thunderstorms in the eastern and central region.</p><p>In the eastern state of Bihar, at least 64 people died in rain-related incidents since Wednesday, a senior official from the state's disaster management department told Reuters.</p><p>Local media reported that more than 20 people have died in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.</p>.22 killed in rain-related incidents in UP; CM directs officials to expedite relief measures.<p>Meanwhile in neighbouring Nepal, lightning strikes and heavy rain killed at least eight people, National Disaster Authority officials said.</p><p>India's weather office expects heavy rain with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds over central and eastern India till Saturday.</p><p>The monsoon season usually begins in June in southern India, and summer months in the recent past have been marked by intense heatwaves that have killed several people.</p><p>State-run IMD said last week that India is expected to experience a much hotter April, with above normal temperatures across most of the country.</p>