COLLAPSING HOUSES AND LIGHTNING KILLED EIGHT PEOPLE OVER THE WEEKEND AS TORRENTIAL RAINS LASHED NORTHERN INDIA, BRINGING TO 142 THE NATIONWIDE DEATH TOLL FROM FOUR WEEKS OF MONSOON DELUGE, OFFICIALS SAID MONDAY. THE RAINS HAVE CLAIMED AT LEAST 63 LIVES IN IMPOVERISHED UTTAR PRADESH STATE, INDIA'S MOST POPULOUS, OVER THE PAST MONTH, SAID POLICE SPOKESMAN SURENDRA SRIVASTAVA. LIGHTING CAUSED MOST OF THE LATEST DEATHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SRIVASTAVA WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
