At least 111 people were killed after an unseasonal violent storm hit the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with heavy rain, hail and lightning on Wednesday, officials said. The storm swept through five districts, uprooting trees and billboards and sending them crashing into cars. It also disrupted mobile networks in many areas, hampering rescue and relief work and making it difficult for officials to do a full assessment of the damage. State authorities initially reported that 89 people had been “killed because of the storm, lightning and rain-related incidents” before revising the death toll to 111 and the number of injured to more than 50. An official told Reuters many of the deaths were caused by falling trees and collapsing walls of homes. Narendra N Srivastava, a state official, said emergency teams were deployed across the affected areas and that homes, crops and power infrastructure had been widely damaged, especially in rural districts.…