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Three people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike during unseasonal rain and thunderstorm in Maharashtra's Nashik district.
Nashik: Three people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike during unseasonal rain and thunderstorm in Maharashtra's Nashik district, officials said on Wednesday.
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With this, the death toll in rain-related incidents here in the last four days has gone up to seven, they said.
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A 71-year-old woman, a 32-year-old man and a temple priest were struck by lightning in Satana, Dindori and Devla tehsils when unseasonal rains lashed these places on Tuesday, a police official said.
Nine cattle also died in the incident, a source said, adding that the rain caused damage to 21 houses in Malegaon, Satana, Sinnar, Niphad and Nashik tehsils.
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The district administration will provide financial assistance to the kin of the deceased, an official at the collector's office said.
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Earlier on Sunday night, four people were killed when lightning struck them in two separate incidents in the district, police said.(PTI)