Another climate change fallout: India sees 4.68 lakh more lightning strikes in 2020
Another climate change fallout: India sees 4.68 lakh more lightning strikes in 2020
60 people recently lost their lives due to lightning strikes. India has seen a significant uptick in lightning incidents across the country, marked by climate change, in the last one year—with highest incidents in Bihar in 2020; fatalities are highest among men, adults, and in rural India
Samidha graduated with a bachelor’s in mass media from Sophia College, Mumbai, right before joining Forbes India, where she writes about various startups across industries, and also works on News by Numbers–a way of news story-telling through infographics. She is also part of the web team which oversees social media and organizes various annual events for the publication. Samidha is a film buff and enjoys all kinds of cinema–all the way from cringy bollywood films to those of Tarkovsky.
