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104 killed in massive UP storm; viral video of Bareilly’s ‘flying man’ captures horror

The Indian Express·Maulshree Seth·19 days ago
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A terrifying viral video from Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district has become the face of the massive storm disaster that has left at least 104 people dead across the state in the last 24 hours. It shows a man being flung into the air while trying to hold on to a tin shed during violent winds. The man has been identified as Nanhe Khan, 50, from Bareilly’s Bhamora area, who survived the impact with a fracture in his left hand and leg. But the same storm killed a 12-year-old girl and a 76-year-old woman under the same police circle. The girl was crushed under a falling tree, and the woman died after wooden blocks stacked on a roof collapsed on her. Who is the viral ‘flying man’ and what happened in Bareilly? According to the police, Nanhe was holding a pole supporting a temporary marriage structure when fierce winds uprooted the tin shed and hurled him several feet into the air before he crashed to the ground. His flight was captured by a local who was making a video of the storm.…

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