Bhubaneswar, March 20 -- Bhubaneswar: At least 13 people have also been reported dead due to lightning and thunderstorm in different parts of the State on Thursday.

Lightning claimed lives of two persons each in Sundergarh, Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district and Dhenkanal. Similar deaths were reported from Balikuda in Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar, Kantabanji in Bolangir, Krushnaprasad in Puri and Maidalpur in Nabarangpur district. In Koraput too, two persons including an infant were killed after lightning struck them.

Heavy rain accompanied by hailstorm destroyed over a hundred houses in Dandimaha, Dubulumaha, Sriniketa and Dipumaha areas in Kandhamal district. Maximum damage was witnessed in Dandimaha as Nor'wester blew off asbestos and tiles o...