Police said Thursday that seven more people Killed by lightning in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, sparks lightning in the state death Death toll to 49 just this week.
Farmers had taken refuge in trees during heavy monsoon rains when they were struck by lightning on Tuesday and died instantly. Among the victims were four members of a family And some ranchers near city of Kochambi, according to police officer Hem Raj Mina.
High death The toll has been paid government to me issue new guiding rules for how people It can protect itself during a thunderstorm, said the state government Spokesperson Cheshire Singh.
“People dying more From lightning from rain-related accidents, although this is the time people (usually) die of “Floods or other rain-related incidents,” Singh said.
Monsoon season in India runs From June until September.
Colonel Sanjay Srivastava, who organization The Lightning India Resilient campaign is working with The Indian Meteorological Department said the lightning killed nearly 750 . people across India since April. includes 20 people who Die in Eastern Bihar in The past two days and 16 in Madhya Pradesh in Central India earlier this month.
Sunita Naren director-general of Center for Science and the environment said global warming play a role in The rising number of Lightning. a one-Celsius rise in The temperature of lightning increases by 12 times.
Srivastava said that deforestation, depletion of Corpses of Water and pollution all contribute to climate change resulting in more Lightning.
JP Gupta, director of Meteorological Department thunderstorms And the lightning increased from this year because of the increase in pollution levels.
Global warming leads to evaporation from bodies of water adds atmospheric humidity. Presence of Aerosol due to air Pollution creates favorable conditions for Thunder to trigger Gupta said.
more than 200 people killing in Heavy rain and mudslides in Indian states including Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Sikkim, while 42 people Die in Bangladesh since May 17th. hundreds of in thousands of people They were displaced in monsoon season.
