Deaths from lightning strikes have been a common occurrence in the country for ages. Puzzlingly, their frequency has recently marked a sharp increase. In a troubling survey, it has been found that lightning strikes killed a total of 99 people in the country in 2015. In the following year, the number shot to 351. In the year 2017 the death toll was 262. Against the backdrop of the occasional occurrences of thunderbolts in the country, the casualty totals are worrying.
Such a loss of human life can be avoided by taking safe shelters during lightning. Therefore, we must take serious action to raise awareness at individual and community levels. This illustrative flip-chart was developed by ICCO Cooperation under its EU Aid Volunteers program to assist in communicating the importance of safety precautions during such extreme weather conditions.
