DHAKA: For the second day in a row, lightning strikes on Monday killed 14 more people in parts of Bangladesh, Xinhua news agency reported citing local media. The majority of the lightning fatalities occurred as always in rural Bangladesh areas. At least 16 people were killed by lightning strikes in various parts of Bangladesh on Sunday, hospital sources said. Death due to lightning strikes is common in Bangladesh during this time of the year, as the weather changes from the dry season to the rainy summer season. Experts here blame the rise in lightning deaths directly on climate change that made Bangladesh exponentially more vulnerable to its impacts.

Source: New Strait Times April 30, 2018 12:45 UTC