India thunderstorms and lightning strikes kill 50At least 50 people are reported to have died amid heavy thunder and lightning that battered parts of northern India on Tuesday, officials said. Lightning strikes are common in India during heavy monsoon rains. Three children died after a tree collapsed on them in the northern state of Uttarakhand, according to the PTI news agency. At least 2,000 people have died in lightning strikes in India every year since 2005, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. More than 100 people died in northern India on 4 May due to intense dust storms and heavy rains.

Source: VietNamNet News May 30, 2018 05:37 UTC