Lightning strikes killed 147 people in the north Indian state of Bihar over the last 10 days, officials said Sunday, warning of more extreme weather conditions to come, driven by climate change.
Around 215 people — farmers, rural labourers and cattle graziers — have now died from strikes in the country’s poorest state, authorities said.
Lightning strikes during the annual monsoon that runs from June to September are fairly common in India. State authorities rolled out a mobile phone app they said helps predict possible lightning strikes. But many poor farmers do not own smartphones.
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