7 People Killed by Lightning in Southwest China

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Monday, June 05, 2000, updated at 17:11(GMT+8)

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7 People Killed by Lightning in Southwest China

Seven herdsmen died and another three received serious injuries when they were struck by lightning over the weekend while tending their cattle on a hillside in mountainous Hezhang County of in the west Guizhou Province, southwest China.

An eight-year-old boy was the youngest victim; the oldest was 64, according to local officials.

Meteorologists said that the local climate usually becomes erratic in the summer months with a prevalence of thunderstorms, lightning and hail.


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	Seven herdsmen died and another three were serious injuries when they were struck by lightning over the weekend while tending their cattle on a hillside in mountainous Hezhang County of in the west Guizhou Province, southwest China.




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