Andhra Pradesh records 37,000 lightning bolts in 13 hours
Andhra Pradesh recorded almost 37,000 lightning bolts during a 13-hour period on Tuesday, meteorological instrument maker Vaisala has revealed. Disaster management officials said the number was unusually high for the state, which had reportedly recorded 30,000 lightning bolts during the entire month of May in 2017. Nine people have been killed since Tuesday due to lightning.