Explained: What causes Earth’s strongest lightning
Superbolts make up less than 1 per cent of total lightning, but when they do strike, they pack a powerful punch.
Superbolts make up less than 1 per cent of total lightning, but when they do strike, they pack a powerful punch.
At least 20 people lost their lives in several incidents of severe storms and lightning strikes throughout Assam since late March.
Three more lightning fatalities were reported as two minor boys of Chamaradigi village and a woman of Sugo village of Jaleswar block died on the spot and two persons were seriously injured following the lightning strike.
A total of 11 people have died as lightning struck them while 8 people have been injured.
According to the government spokesman, deaths were also reported from Kanpur, Pratapgarh, Agra, Varanasi and Rae Bareli.
Harvesh Singh died after a lightning strike while seven others, including a six-year-old boy, sustained injuries, the police said.
Four persons were killed and 17 others injured as lightning struck a crematorium site in a village of Aurangabad district today, police said.
A lightning strike has killed two police constables and injured another in a tent of their training centre in…
