Explanation:

 Dust storm mainly occured in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is slated to rise. A massive dust storm wreaked havoc in Alwar, Dholpur and Bharatpur districts. 

Most of the casualties happened due to trees getting uprooted, lightning strikes and collapse of walls of mud huts. People who were sleeping were caught unawares by collapsing walls.

While the storm has been declared a disaster as per the State Disaster Response Force norms, the Jaipur Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) notifies that it is very difficult to predict such dust storms. The relentless heat wave conditions in the past few days added to the situation. The presence of moisture has enabled the winds to carry rain along which has created the current dust storm conditions.Add to these lightning strikes which were also rampant causing direct deaths and damage to property.

The IMD was also not able to measure the exact wind speed at the locations as there were no observatories in the region, according to Sharma. He also pointed out that “such dust storms are extremely common in Rajasthan and one never knows when they will happen and what damage they will cause.”