Patna (Bihar):As many as 26 people belonging to different districts of Bihar died due to lightning strikes.
Issuing an alert in Patna, Begusarai, Khagaria, Purnia, Bhojpur, Vaishali and Supaul districts of the state for the next two days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has stated that lightning to moderate rainfall is expected in some parts of these districts in the next three hours.
According to the state disaster management department, the casualties were reported from eight districts including Patna, Samastipur, East Champaran, West Champaran, Sheohar, Katihar, Madhepura and Purnea.
Samastipur accounted for the highest number of seven deaths, followed by Patna (six), East Champaran (four), Katihar (three), Sheohar and Madhepura (two each) and West Champaran and Purnea (one each), the department said.