Bangalore, April 14: Lightning and heavy rains claimed nine lives in various parts of Karnataka today, police said.
Seven persons died after they were struck by lightning – three in Hassan district, two in Chamarajanagar, one each in Bellary and Ramanagar district, they said.
Two boys, who were asleep in a farmhouse at Chennapatna in Ramangara district, died when the house collapsed due to heavy rains, they said.
In Yembhatalli in Bijpaur district, 35 houses were damaged in heavy downpour, but no casualties were reported, officials said.
-Agencies