Bangladesh has seen a near-record number of deaths this year from a phenomenon that appears to be worsening with climate change: lightning strikes.
At least 67 people have been killed by lightning in India over the past two days, disaster management officials said on Wednesday, as the annual monsoon rains sweep the country.
Eight people were seriously injured after being struck by lightning at a rock festival in western Germany on Friday night, the festival organiser said.
Nine children and two adults were struck by a bolt of lightning in a park in Paris on Saturday and four of them have suffered life-threatening injuries, a spokesman for the French fire-fighting service said.
Lightning strikes have killed an unprecedented 59 people in Bangladesh in three days as tropical thunderstorms
Four elephants, including two calves, were killed by lightning in northern Sri Lanka in one of the worst wildlife tragedies to hit the country in years, officials said Sunday.
