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Why Thunder Strikes Killed 17 Wedding Guests
- Several bolts of thunder hit the group, turning the joyful event into a tragicomic one. Lightning-related killings across South Asia is a regular occurrence as hundreds of people lose their lives to the natural disaster every year.
A wedding event has been hit by tragedy as lightening by thunder killed not less than 17 wedding guests while 14 others were injured.
BBC reported that the incident happened in Bangladesh, adding that the bride was safe because she was not at the wedding party when the thunder stroke.
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It was also reported that the party was disembarking from a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj, heading towards the bride’s house, when they were caught in a thunderstorm.
Several bolts of thunder hit the group, turning the joyful event into a tragicomic one.
Lightning-related killings across South Asia is a regular occurrence as hundreds of people lose their lives to the natural disaster every year.
The situation forced Bangladesh to declare lightning strikes a natural disaster in 2016 following the death of more than 200 people in May alone of that year, including 82 people on a single day, the BBC reports.
According to experts, the disappearance of many tall trees as a result of deforestation could be blamed for the regular lightning incidents in South Asia.
Tall trees are said to serve as shelter for humans living in lightning-prone areas as they draw lightning strikes.
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