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Lightning kills 3 in Sunamganj

UNB . Sunamganj
20 May 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 20 May 2022 00:35:04
Lightning kills 3 in Sunamganj

Three people were killed and 15 others sustained injuries after being struck by lightning while working on a paddy field in the Kalagaon area of Tahirpur upazila, Sunamganj on Thursday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

A group of farmworkers was working on the paddy field when they were struck by lightning around 11 am, said Abdul Latif Tarafdar, officer-in-charge of Tahidpur Police Station.

While three of them died on the spot, the injured were admitted to a local hospital. Lightning strike has turned into one of the deadliest natural disasters in Bangladesh, claiming over 200 lives every year.

According to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, 2,164 people died in lightning strikes in the country from 2011 to 2020. At least 216 people die every year on average from lightning strikes, more than by floods, cyclones and other calamities.

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