Lightning kills 32 in India

PATNA: At least 32 people, including nine children, were killed over the weekend by lightning strikes in the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand, officials said Monday.

“About 24 people, including seven children, were killed Saturday and Sunday by bolts of lightning across Bihar,” State Disaster Management Minister Renu Kumari Kushwaha said.

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Rest In Peace. For the last few days,the entire region is experiencing heavy rains and thunders,quite unusual in autumn.

reply to post by maddy21

Thats awful ..I had 2 neighbours that were killed in their blueberry field by lightning at the same time ..sad . I did want to post a link to this vid which shows a man being hit twice and living ..quite spectacular www.facebook.com...

I've had a lot of close calls but have never got struck. My hair has stood up many times throughout my life though. I suppose if you spend a lot of your life working outside, the chances increase a lot. I wonder how many people get struck by spider lightning and have a heart attack and die. Spider lightning would probably not leave a burn mark. It would be classified as natural causes....I suppose lightning is natural though. Next great invention....GM lightning

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i wonder if a ats mathematician could run the numbers? you always here the saying "you would have a better chance being struck by lighting."

It seems like they have gone over the mark of lightning strike probability.

reply to post by DocHolidaze


I don't know about the maths, and this study if 5 years old, but it provides an idea of the numbers

Annual rates of lightning fatalities by country

One of the problems is that in places like India (with a population close to 1.25 billion people) there are always likely to be a lot more people working out in the fields when a storm strikes, compared to Western countries.