Lightning claims more lives in India annually than any other extreme weather event. Between April and July this year alone, 1 ...

India is witnessing an alarming rise in lightning-related deaths, driven in part by the effects of climate change, according to a new study. Researchers say that lightning strikes have become ...

Once a rare occurrence, lightning has now become a frequent and deadly hazard in India. Between March and July 2025 alone, 54 ...

Bihar alone recorded 243 lightning-related deaths last year, and 275 in 2023. In November 2023, unseasonal rainfall led to lightning strikes that killed 24 people in Gujarat, western India.

Lightning strikes are common during monsoon season in north and eastern India. More than 2,500 people in India are struck by lightning every year, according to government data.

India routinely records hundreds of lightning-related fatalities each year as the monsoon season sweeps across the country. MENAFN15072025000045017169ID1109803479 ...

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Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday. The deaths in Bihar occurred during fierce storms between ...

Hyderabad, India - Lightning has killed 22 people, mostly farm labourers working in fields, across the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The state’s chief minister, N Chandrababu ...