International media also highlights how Indian women are often 'left to bear the burden of their own safety' and the thousands of deaths caused by lightning strikes in rural India.
Lightning strikes account for 35% of all natural hazard deaths in India but aren't seen as a priority at district-level where awareness & more government funding can save lives.
There were 27 heatwaves in total and lightning strikes rose more than 111 times, killing 907 people, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said in a report to Parliament.
The Met Office has issued several “yellow thunderstorm warnings” for the UK, highlighting the potential for frequent lightning. While your chance of getting struck...
Tonga eruption triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami, a shockwave that travelled across the globe, and record lightning strikes. But, how all this happened is still not fully known.
More than 560 people were rescued by NDRF. IMD has forecast ‘extremely heavy rains’ at a few places in Marathwada, Mumbai & other parts of coastal Konkan region in the next 24 hours.
Bihar and UP are prone to thunderstorms and deaths by lightning this time of the year, but 2020’s intensity of such strikes has been more severe than normal.
The State Disaster Management Authority had issued advance warnings with likely locations of the lightning strikes and asked people to stay in safe places.
If extremely heavy rainfall can cause such damage without a rare event like a cloudburst, it should leave the system working toward India’s disaster preparedness thinking.
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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