Xinhua News Agency, New Delhi, June 25 (Reporter Zhao Xu) An official from the disaster management department in Bihar, India, confirmed to Xinhua reporters on the 25th that in the past 12 hours, the state has experienced extreme weather, heavy rain and lightning strikes have killed at least 83 people. .
The official said that heavy rain and lightning strikes occurred in various parts of Bihar that day. The largest number of deaths occurred in the Gobarganj area, 175 kilometers north of the state capital of Bihar, where 13 people were killed on a farm. There were also reports of deaths in more than ten regions. It is currently the rice planting season, and most of the dead were working in the fields when they died.
At the end of May this year, 13 people in Uttar Pradesh, India were killed by lightning strikes and many others were injured.
Every year from June to September is the monsoon rainy season in India. Extreme weather such as heavy rain and lightning strikes are frequent.