83 dead in lightning strikes in Bihar

[hussain0216]

https://m.timesofindia.com/india/83...rs-4-lakhs-ex-gratia/articleshow/76628762.cms

When it rains it pours

 

[Safriz]

How did that happen?

 

[hussain0216]

How did that happen?

Err lighting strikes

 

[Safriz]

Err lighting strikes

Yes, but i have never heard if that many people dying of lightning?

Were They stood with metal rods pointing towards the sky?

 

[j20611]

Suspicious like the 2 mki pilots that died in a “car accident” after Feb 27 last year

 

[hussain0216]

Suspicious like the 2 mki pilots that died in a “car accident” after Feb 27 last year

You think all the soldiers the Chinese killed have been found in Bihar?

Out of interest wasn't it the Bihar regiment that took the beating on the LAC?

 

[KeyBORED Warrior]

Now what're the odds of lightning striking? Just goes to show how much dense the population is that 83 people were struck by it. There's a dude every 5sq feet across there it seems.

 

[Safriz]

Now what're the odds of lightning striking? Just goes to show how much dense the population is that 83 people were struck by it. There's a dude every 5sq feet across there it seems.

Even then how many lighting strikes you will need ti kill that many people?

 

[Philip the Arab]

Even then how many lighting strikes you will need ti kill that many people?

I assume it caused fires most likely.

 

[Imran Khan]

83 killed in lightning strike in Bihar
Special Correspondent
PATNA, June 25, 2020 22:53 IST
Updated: June 25, 2020 23:35 IST

Family members of a victim who died in lightning strike, mourn, in Samastipur, Bihar on June 25, 2020. | Photo Credit: PTI


Eighty-three people, including three children, were killed on Thursday in lightning strikes in Bihar. Gopalganj district reported the highest number of 13 deaths. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced ₹4 lakh each in compensation to the families of the deceased.

Thirteen people have died in Gopalganj district, five each in East Champaran, Darbhanga and Banka, six each in Siwan and Bhagalpur, three each in Aurangabad and Khagaria, eight each in Madhubani and Nawada, one each in Stipular, Sheohar, Madhepura, Saran and Sitamarhi, and two each in West Champaran, Buxar, Kaimur, Kishanganj, Jehanabad, Jamui, Purnia and Supaul districts.

As many as 13 people lost their lives while working in their agricultural field in different blocks of Gopalganj district, Sub-Divisional Officer Upendra Pal said.

Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav has also expressed grief over the deaths. The weather department has forecast heavy rain and thunderstorm for the next 48 hours in 12 districts of north Bihar.

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[xyx007]

rural areas certainly are more dangerous when it comes to strikes

 

[baconlover]

rural areas certainly are more dangerous when it comes to strikes

especially when it's overpopulated Indian style

 

[khail007]

Unbelievable - the victims are from single lightning strike? Or from different incidents across whole Bihar area?

 

[Nefarious]

RIP all

 

[IblinI]

most likely due to the poor infra without lightning proof.