Lightning kills 18 in Pakistan | The Malaysian Insight

Last week, lightning strikes killed at least 18 people and injured several others in Pakistan's Thar desert. In contrast, the UK records an average of three deaths by lightning a year. – EPA pic, November 18, 2019.

LIGHTNING strikes killed at least 18 people and injured several more in a deadly night in Pakistan’s Thar desert last week, said police, describing the deaths as “unprecedented”. Thunderstorms and a heavy downpour caused havoc in several villages, destroying dozens of homes, in an unusual rainfall event that a meteorologist said could be linked to climate change.

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