The high death toll has prompted the government to issue new guidelines for how people can protect themselves during a lightning storm.
The farmers had taken shelter under trees during a drenching monsoon rain when they were struck by lightning Tuesday and died instantly. The victims included four members of a family and some cattle grazers near the city of Kaushambi, according to police officer Hem Raj Meena.
"People are dying more from lightning than rain-related incidents, though this is the time when people die of floods or other rain-related incidents,” Singh said.Col. Sanjay Srivastava, who works with the Indian Meteorological Department, said lightning has killed nearly 750 people across India since April. That includes 20 people who died in eastern Bihar state in the past two days and 16 in Madhya Pradesh state in central India earlier this month.
Srivastava said that deforestation, the depletion of bodies of water, and pollution all contribute to climate change, which leads to more lightning.
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