7 People Killed by Lightning in Southwest ChinaSeven 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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