This is insane and super sad. Lightning strike kills 17 in Bangladesh.
The article goes on to say that in May of 2016, 82 people were killed by lightning in one day. Apparently major deforestation has made the problem worse as lightning doesn’t have a natural “antennae” with tall trees. Crazy.
At least 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Wednesday when lightning struck a wedding party on a boat in northwestern Bangladesh, officials said.