A wall near Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar collapsed after a lightning strike on Monday night. As per reports, no one is injured in the incident, however, a structure where lightning struck suffered damages. Har Ki Pauri is one of the biggest ghats in Haridwar where river Ganga flows.
With an aim to reduce deaths caused by lightning strikes, the Uttar Pradesh government is working on a system to alert people on their mobile phones about any possibility of a lightning strike through the nowcast process.
Five members of a family, including four children, have been killed and two other minors injured in a lightning strike in Assam's Karimganj district
Two ground staffers suffered injuries after lightning struck close to a plane that was ready to depart from a runway at the Delhi airport, police said on Friday.
In a freak accident, a tourist from Delhi named Chaitanya Nagpal died while his wife received injuries at the popular Candolim beach in North Goa on Friday after a shard of lightning struck them. The couple was walking on the beach when the lightning struck.
According to an official of the Bihar State Disaster Department, the casualties were reported from Kaimur, East Champaran, Jehanabad, Gaya, Patna, Vaishali and Muzaffarpur.
The incident occurred at Passi village under Majhiaon police station during a downpour.
The deceased was identified as Subir Pal (34), who was on a visit to the iconic monument accompanied by his wife and daughter when the mishap occurred.
Thirteen people died in Aurangabad, East Champaran and Bhagalpur districts of Bihar, while in Jharkhand, 10 people lost their lives in Jamtara, Ramgarh and Pakur districts.
At least 32 people were killed, while many others were left injured in lightning strike in parts of Uttar Pradesh. Heavy rains and floods have wreaked havoc in many states of the country, including in Bihar and Assam, wherein the death toll due to rain-related incidents is on a rise. Expressing sorrow over deaths in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakhs for the families of victims.
The incident took place Thursday afternoon in village Satkor under Vikramgad taluka of Palghar district, Vivekananda Kadam, chief of the District Disaster Control Room, said.
Lightning strikes killed three men standing under a tree in Manori village in Dindori taluka and a 40-year-old woman in Chandwad taluka Sunday night.
Lightning strike kills two as first monsoon showers lash Nashik
Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in many parts of the country killing several people.
Bankura (WB), July 24: Three persons died yesterday after being hit by a lightning strike at Barjora in Bankura district.Police said that the incident occurred at Maliara village where the trio met with the tragedy
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