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At least 15 people were killed and several others injured due to lightning in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, officials said on Friday, reports Xinhua.
Heavy rains and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning strikes lashed the state during the past 24 hours affecting south Bengal districts.
Officials said most victims were farmers working in agricultural fields when lightning struck.
“On Thursday evening, lightning hit several parts of the state killing five people in East Burdwan, four persons in Murshida-bad and three each in West Midnapore and Howrah,” a state disaster management department official said.
“Several people were also injured in these strikes and they were removed to hospitals,” the official said.
