Lightning strikes kill at least 33 people


Storm bolts: Lightning strikes over the grey sky during monsoons in Patna on Wednesday. — AFP

Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said.

The deaths in Bihar occurred during fierce storms between Wednesday and Thursday, a state disaster management department statement said, with the victims mostly farmers and labourers working in the open.

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