Gujarat: 20 dead in lightning strikes amid unseasonal rainfall

Twenty people have been killed in lightning strikes in different parts of Gujarat due to unseasonal rainfall, PTI news agency said.

Four persons died in Dahod district, three in Bharuch, two in Tapi, and one each in Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Botad, Kheda, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, and Devbhumi Dwarka, according to State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC).

Yesterday, eight people were killed in lightning strikes as the state received widespread unseasonal rains accompanied by thunderstorms.