LUCKNOW, July 9: Fourteen more people have died in rain-related incidents in northern India, police said on Sunday, taking the nationwide death toll since the beginning of the monsoon season in May to 286.

“At least 14 people died of rain-related incidents in the past 24 hours taking the statewide toll to 106,” said police spokesman Manish Awasthi in Lucknow, the capital of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

The dead included seven members of a family, including three children, who were killed when the roof of their house collapsed after a heavy downpour, the official said.

Another five people died in a similar incident.

Lucknow on Sunday recorded strong winds and 20 millimetres of rain, which disrupted road traffic and snapped telephone networks.

Heavy rain has lashed several parts of India, from western Maharashtra state to the remote northeast states, leaving many dead and thousands stranded because of overflowing rivers.—AFP