Lightning death
A couple died when struck by lightning at a farmland in Memari in East Burdwan on Friday afternoon.
A couple died when struck by lightning at a farmland in Memari in East Burdwan on Friday afternoon.
As many as six persons died due to lightning strikes in five different districts of Odisha on Sunday.
Six people had been confirmed dead and 10 others injured as of Monday morning after a lightning strike caused a park pavilion to collapse in the city of Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities said.
Five individuals lost their lives while three others were critically injured due to lightning strikes in Gaya district on Thursday.
More and more lightning detectors, lightning arrestors and the extensive use of Damini app only can help reduce lightning fatalities in Bengal, weather scientists and professors of physics with the Burdwan University have prescribed today.
A total of 1,459 lightning deaths have been reported in West Bengal from 2018 till July 31 this year, according…
The deceased were identified as Chaina Lohar (60), Maya Lohar (44), Mahadeb De (55) and Chandan Bag (27).
The boat carrying dozens of people of the wedding party was crossing the river amid a heavy downpour.
Abnormally high temperatures have been recorded in swathes of North America in recent days.
Thunderstorm with lightning & gusty winds (speed reaching 40-50 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi.
