LUCKNOW, April 11 -- At least 22 people were killed in different parts of the state as heavy rain, accompanied by hailstorm and lightning, lashed several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, according to the relief commissioner's office.

Lucknow received 13 mm rainfall, which brought relief from heat but it also resulted in a host of problems, including waterlogging and power supply disruption.

Three people each were killed in Fatehpur and Azamgarh districts, two each in Firozabad, Kanpur Dehat and Sitapur districts, one each in Ghazipur, Gonda, Amethi, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharth Nagar districts and one loss of life has occurred in Ballia, Kannauj, Barabanki, Jaunpur and Unnao districts due to lightning, the relief commissioner's off...