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India: Lightning: 2013/06/04 Country Information on DRR

Period 2013/06/04
Country or District India
Event Type Lightning
Outline A total of 27 people including six children were killed across the eastern Indian state of Bihar after they were struck by lightning. Twenty-two of the deaths were reported Tuesday, 4 June 2013 while another five people were killed during pre-monsoon showers on Wednesday, 5 June 2013, the minister in charge of Bihar's disaster management said.
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AFP 2013/06/05
Lightning kills 27 in eastern India