Lightning Kills At Least 93 In India

At least 93 people have been struck by lightning and killed in India over the past two days, disaster management officials said Wednesday, as annual monsoon rains swept the country. Lightning strikes are relatively common in India during the June-October monsoon, which hit the southern coast earlier this month, but this week’s toll is particularly high. Most deaths occurred in the eastern state of Bihar, where an overnight storm killed at least 56 people and injured another 28, mainly in rural areas. Another 37 people were killed across Uttar Pradesh,Jharkand and Madhya Pradesh States according to figure compiled by local disaster management.Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that the he was"deeply anguished"by the loss of life.