Another climate change fallout: India sees 4.68 lakh more lightning strikes in 2020

By Samidha Jain | Jul 21, 2021

60 people recently lost their lives due to lightning strikes. India has seen a significant uptick in lightning incidents across the country, marked by climate change, in the last one year—with highest incidents in Bihar in 2020; fatalities are highest among men, adults, and in rural India