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Six killed by lightning in China: state media
Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2009 Six farmers were killed in eastern China Sunday when the hut they were sheltering in during a storm was struck by lightning, state media reported. Another farmer in the hut was injured and taken to hospital, the Xinhua news agency quoted local officials in Anhui province as saying. The accident happened during a heavy rainstorm in the village of Qiaodong, around 650 kilometres (400 miles) northwest of Shanghai, Xinhua quoted officials from the county government as saying. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Windstorms kill one, leave 1,300 houses damaged in Indian KashmirSrinagar, India (AFP) July 27, 2009 Severe windstorms left a young woman dead, injured dozens and damaged around 1,300 houses in the northern parts of revolt-hit Indian-ruled Kashmir, officials said Monday. The windstorms that swept across northern districts of Handwara and Langate late Sunday also left thousands of homes without power, an official statement said. Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday visited the ... read more |
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