Lightning strike
Two people died in a lightning strike at Chayapuram village in Vajrakarur mandal of the Anantapur district on Wednesday night.

The deceased, a couple - Kadirappa (65) and Lakshmi Devi (55) - were sleeping in their thatched hut in the village which witnessed rain under the influence of the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal accompanied by lightning.

The couple was found dead on Thursday by the villagers.