Lightning strike

Lightning strikes and powerful dust storms across India have killed at least 116 people and injured more than 250 as meteorologists warned May 3 of more wild weather on the horizon.

Eight students were struck by lightning last night in Southeast France, TASS reported, citing French television BeF.

Two people were killed and another six were injured on June 14 when lightning struck people working in a field in the Oğulcuk village of the eastern province of Erzincan, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Eight people, including two children, reportedly took shelter inside a hut after they were caught in the rain.

Four municipal workers have been injured by a lightning strike while working in a graveyard in the western province of Denizli.

Ayhan Aday, Adil Ortaç, Erdal Nazal? and Mevlüt Öksüz, who are employees at Denizli Metropolitan Municipality, were injured while digging a grave in Denizli's Kale district when lightning struck on Aug. 2.