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PUBLISH DATE: 05/03/18
LOCATOR: New Delhi, India
SOURCE: CNN, AFP, CNN News 18, Twitter, Instagram

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:00 - :04 - STANDUP OPEN, Nikhil Kumar, CNN New Delhi Bureau Chief: "North India is still reeling from the aftermath of a deadly night..." (CNN; New Delhi, India; 05/03/18)
:04 - :09 - VO OF THE THICK HAZE OVERTAKING THE SKY DURING A STORM IN NORTH INDIA (Instagram/Kapil Joshi; Murthal, India; 05/03/18)
:09 - :20 - NIGHT VO SHOWING THE WIND BLOWING THE RAIN POUNDING DOWN ON MOTORIST, MORE SHOTS OF WIND VIOLENTLY BLOWING DEBRIS AND RAIN (AFP; Uttar Pradesh, India; 05/02/18; NON-LICENSED)
:20 - :22 - STANDUP BRIDGE, Nikhil Kumar, CNN New Delhi Bureau Chief: "We even witnessed the storm here in Delhi with the..." (CNN; New Delhi, India; 05/03/18)
:22 - :26 - MORE VO OF THE WIND BLOWING AND LIGHTNING (Twitter/Abhigya Verma; Abhigya Verma; 05/02/18)
:26 - :32 - VO OF AMBULANCES ON THE SCENE, EMERGENCY WORKERS LOAD AN INJURED VICTIM INTO THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE (CNN News 18; Uttar Pradesh, India; 05/03/2018)
:32 - :36 - STANDUP BRIDGE, Nikhil Kumar, CNN New Delhi Bureau Chief: "More than 100 cows buffaloes goats and other animals were killed. Power..." (CNN; New Delhi, India; 05/03/18)
:36 - :40 - VO OF THE CHOATIC EMERGENCY SCENE AS RESCUERS WORK TO SAVE VICTIMS (AFP; Uttar Pradesh, India; 05/02/18; NON-LICENSED)
:40 - :44 - VO OF THE STRONG WIND BLOWING AS THE CYCLIST AND MOTORIST RIDE BY (Instagram/Boby Mishra; Murthal, India; 05/03/18)
:44 - 1:02 - SHOT OF A DOWNED TREE IN THE ROAD, VO OF A STRUCTURE ON FIRE - PEOPLE RUNNING (Murthal, India; 05/03/18)
1:02 - END - SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING A CEILING COLLAPSING ON PEOPLE IN A MARKET, AFTERMATH VIDEO SHOWING A DOWNED TREE AND SCATTERED DEBRIS AND TREE LIMBS, SHOT OF A FALLEN ROOF STRUCTURE (CNN News 18; Uttar Pradesh, India; 05/03/2018)

--LEAD IN--
DEVASTATING AND DEADLY STORMS HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN INDIA--- AND INJURED HUNDREDS MORE.
IT'S FEARED THE DEATH TOLL WILL CONTINUE TO RISE.
BUT THE DEADLIEST ELEMENT MAY BE POOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
MANY OF THE VICTIMS SO FAR WERE KILLED WHEN THEIR HOMES COLLAPSED.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO STATE AUTHORITIES.
THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS EXPRESSED CONDOLENCES FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
NIKHIL KUMAR IS FOLLOWING THIS STORY FROM NEW DELHI.

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Nikhil Kumar: "North India is still reeling from the aftermath of a deadly night well a hundred people died after a violent summer storm lashed the region Wednesday. Uttar Pradesh is the nation's largest state which sits just south of Nepal was the hardest hit. It is a deadly cocktail of winds dust rain and thunder swept through the area. We even witnessed the storm here in Delhi with the squall hitting the Indian capital during the evening rush hour. Across northern India hundreds more people have been reported injured. Not just people. Out in the countryside livestock was hit. More than 100 cows buffaloes goats and other animals were killed. Power to many homes across these states was also knocked out. Now dust storms are a common occurrence here this time of year ahead of the annual monsoon. But this was unusual and it felt unusual. We don't usually see rains and thunder after these dust storms. Weather experts say this happened because of an unusual combination of factors as different storms effectively came together. On the ground rural areas suffered the most officials say many of the deaths occurred because of falling trees and collapsing ceilings and walls in village communities with weak infrastructure. The worst of the storm in many of these communities very late at night. The victims and the houses they were sleeping in were simply not prepared. Nikhil Kumar, CNN New Delhi."

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INDIA STORM INFRASTRUCTURE