LUCKNOW, May 23 -- At least 45 people died in 18 districts in separate incidents after hailstorms accompanied by heavy rain and lightning wreaked havoc at various places in Uttar Pradesh between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, according to Uttar Pradesh relief commissioner office. As per the data, 2 deaths have been reported in Ghaziabad, 4 in Meerut, 3 in Bulandshahr, 4 in Auraiya, 5 in Kasganj, 1 in Firozabad, 5 in Fatehpur, 2 in Etawah, 1 in Aligarh, 2 in Kanpur Dehat, 1 in Hathras, 3 in Gautam Buddha Nagar, 1 in Chitrakoot, 1 in Ambedkar Nagar, 3 in Kanpur Nagar, 3 in Kannauj, 1 in Amethi and 3 deaths in Etah district. Western U.P. was the worst hit. The affected districts suffered widespread power outages and agricultural losses were also reported in several districts. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to conduct relief work with full promptness in the districts hit by rain, hailstorm and lightning. Yogi said the officials concerned should visit the affected areas and conduct survey of the loss of life and property. They should also maintain vigil on the relief work, he instructed. As per a state government spokesperson, senior officials from Lucknow will visit the affected districts to assess the situation and monitor the relief work. In case of loss of life and cattle, the officials should distribute relief amount to the those affected immediately. The injured people should be given proper treatment, the CM said. He also directed the officials to assess the crop loss and send the report to the state government. The arrangement to drain the water should be done on priority in the waterlogged areas, the CM said. A sudden change in weather brought chaos in several west U.P. districts on Wednesday evening. Strong winds, accompanied by rain and hail battered Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Saharanpur, Shamli and Bijnor. A storm accompanied by heavy rain struck Meerut resulting in four deaths. In Saharanpur, two men died after lightning struck them. High speed winds during the storm and rain that followed caused widespread damages in Braj region. An 80-year-old woman died in Mogra village of Firozabad district when a wall fell on her on Wednesday night. At Chansukh Bhogia village, a 35-year-old woman died when a tin shade fell on her. In Etah, three people were killed during the storm. Power supply was disrupted in Mathura district because of damage to electricity lines after trees fell on them. In Mainpuri, around 400 electricity poles were uprooted. A fire broke out in Lahra village of Kasganj district. Five deaths were reported because of storm in Kasganj district. A local of Panch Nagaria village in Hathras district died as heavy rain and storm uprooted trees and electricity poles. A 44-year-old man died on the spot at the Jhansi railway station after a heavy metal structure of a hoarding fell on him on Wednesday night. A massive fire engulfed an oil factory in Budaun on Wednesday evening. Firefighters battled the blaze through the night. Fire officials said the blaze erupted when a portion of the factory fell due to the strong winds. A powerful explosion, caused by hydrogen cylinders within the factory, rocked the area at 4:15 am on Thursday. As per district fire officer Ramraj Yadav, the blast did not cause any loss of life. Union minister of state BL Verma visited the site to oversee the efforts to put out the fire. In Bijnor, a constable Pushpendra, 35, died when his motorcycle collided with a tree that had fallen on the road in Afzalgarh area. Rain and thunderstorm lashed many areas of the district on Thursday. In Sonbhadra, sporadic rain and thunderstorm wreaked havoc in Babhani, Duddhi and Beejpur. Lightning claimed two lives in Sonbhadra. Hailstorm and lightning claimed two lives in Kushinagar and Gorakhpur. A 35-year-old woman died in Shivli, Kanpur Dehat, in the rain that lashed the region on Wednesday night. A 26-year-old man died in Kannauj after the wall in his under construction wall fell on him....