20 people were killed by lightning in the Indian state of Bihar
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Twenty people in eight different districts in the eastern Indian state of Bihar perished as a result of lightning strikes in only one day.
More thunderstorms with lightning are anticipated in the state’s north on Wednesday and Thursday.
Bihar’s chief minister, Nitish Kumar, has asked residents to carefully obey the advice of the state’s disaster management organization.
In India, hundreds of people lose their lives each year due to lightning strikes during the monsoon season.
One of the reasons offered for the high mortality toll is that there are more individuals working outside of India than in any other nation in the world, which increases their exposure.
On Tuesday, Mr. Kumar said that the families of each person who passed away would receive 400,00 rupees ($5,008; £4,154) in compensation.
In a meeting last week, the chief minister reportedly demanded that state authorities install lightning arresters at all public buildings, including schools and hospitals.
The state is particularly susceptible to lightning strikes during the monsoon due to its geographic location, the research claims.
According to a survey from February of this year, the number of lightning strikes in India has significantly increased in recent years.
Satellite data compiled by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology also shows that the number of attacks “increased dramatically” between 1995 and 2014.
According to a study by the NGO Climate Resilient Observing Systems Promotion Council, India had more than 18 million lightning strikes between April 2020 and March 2021. Compared to the same period last year, there was a rise of 34%.
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