# Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s mineral-rich Jharkhand

https://mins.news/en/item/13790

- Reuters, 2026-08-05 07:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/lightning-strikes-kill-14-indias-mineral-rich-jharkhand-2026-08-05/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a72e1d069018900011c1c72

> At least 14 people have died after lightning strikes in Jharkhand, a mineral-rich state in eastern India, police said. The fatalities are the latest linked to the country’s annual monsoon rains. The seasonal downpours have also triggered flooding and landslides in other areas. The report places the deaths within a wider pattern of weather-related disruption during the monsoon season.

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