More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway. The agency says 323 animals were killed, including 70 calves, in the lightning storm Friday. Agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told The Associated Press it's not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by lightning strikes but this was an unusually deadly event. The agency says 323 animals were killed, including 70 calves, in the lightning storm Friday. (Havard Kjotvedt /Norwegian Environment Agency, NTB scanpix, via Associated Press)"I don't know if there were several lighting strikes," he said.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2016 13:48 UTC