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Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the incident took place in the intervening night of Monday- Tuesday.
They said the lightning hit a seasonal dhok in Gumsar, leaving three nomads dead on the spot who belong to Surankote area of the district.
They added that many animals including goat and sheep, whose number is believed to be in several hundreds, also got perished in the incident.
Sub Divisional Magistrate Surankote, Saleem Qureshi said that teams are rushing to the spot to assess the loss.
A 50-mile-wide swarm of flying ants has been making its way over the UK - and it's so huge that it has been spotted from space.
The enormous cloud of insects was picked up by the Met Office's weather radar over Kent and Sussex, on England's southeast coast.
The weather service said smaller swarms could be seen over London.
A video was released by the Met Office, alongside a tweet saying: "It's not raining in London, Kent or Sussex, but our radar says otherwise...
Two children below the age of five were buried alive under a landslide in Tokha municipality, 12 km north of Kathmandu on Tuesday morning, they said.
Similar incidents were also reported in the last 24 hours from other parts of the country.
While one death each was reported from Dhading and Darchula districts, two persons died in Nawalparasi district, National Emergency Operation Centre chief Murari Basti said.
Summer snow India, 500 year storm New Zealand along with new data showing no warming in the country for the last 130 years. Brazil record cold in 23 municipalities and multiple volcanic eruptions across Japan. Is it a sign from nature that the changes begin ?
© China News Service/Getty ImagesBuildings submerged in flood waters of Shijiu Lake on Sunday in Nanjing, Jiangsu province of China.
The dam on the Chu river in Anhui province - a tributary of the Yangtze river - was destroyed with explosives on Sunday morning, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after which the water level was expected to drop by 70cm (2ft).
The water released is being channelled into two storage ponds on a flood plain that can hold more than 60m cubic metres (2.1bn cubic ft) of water.
Water levels on many rivers have been unusually high this year because of torrential rains. Blasting dams and embankments to discharge water was an extreme response employed during China's worst floods in recent years in 1998, when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3m homes were destroyed.
Comment: Flooding of biblical proportions is happening with an increasing frequency all over the planet, here are just some of the recent reports:
- Tunisia floods due to heavy rains
- Death toll from the flash flood in South Sulawesi, Indonesia rises to at least 36 with 40 still missing
- Oman floods due to heavy rains
- Houses crumble as drain in Delhi overflows after heavy rain
Streets flooded due to heavy rains.
© GettyCharging elephant
The 32-year-old was returning to her hostel at the University of Jaffna on Sunday when she was trampled.
"She was with another friend who managed to escape the attack," a local police officer told AFP.
"Wildlife authorities have tried to track down the elephant, but with no luck."
She sustained multiple head injuries and died in hospital on Monday, officials added.
Three rivers in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province overflowed after intense rainfall
Wisnu Widjaja of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in an online press conference that the number of those wounded was 58 while 14,483 people have been displaced and are staying in 76 shelters in Sabbang, Masamba and Baebunta sub-districts.
Three rivers in the area overflowed following intense rainfall that lasted two days, triggering a flash flood that struck the North Luwu area last Monday evening.
"The flash floods were caused by land conversion. A joint team has been deployed to clear the roads that are blocked by the mud using excavators," BNPB spokesman Raditya Djati said in the press conference.
He said the mud-clearing process is expected to finish by Monday.
Comment: A lightning bolt also killed 16 goats in Pakistan on July 20.