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Aussie man killed by lightning at popular tourist spot

AmanwaskilledbylightningstrikeatapopulartouristdestinationinAustralia'sNorthernTerritory(NT),localauthoritiessaidonTuesday.The35-year-oldmanwashikingwithfourfam

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Lightning strikes plane, electrocutes airport worker

A21-year-oldairportworkerisrecoveringinhospitalafterbeingseverelyburntwhentheplanehewasworkingonatSouthwestFloridaInternationalAirportwasstruckbylightning.Theho

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Lightning kills 40 in eastern Indian state

At least 40 people were killed and 35 others injured, some of them critically Saturday due to lightning across India's eastern state of Odisha, India's state-run broadcaster - All India Radio (AIR) said.

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India lightning strikes leave 93 people dead

At least 93 people have been killed and more than 20 injured by lightning strikes in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, officials say.

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Lightning more frequent as world warms: study

Lightning strikes will increase by about 12 percent in the United States for every one degree Celsius rise in global average air temperature, U.S. researchers who studied the effect of global warming on lightning activity said Thursday.