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Six dead, two injured as lightning strikes North Andhra

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Press Trust of India Visakhapatnam

Six people, including a nine-year-old girl, were killed and two injured when they were struck by lightning in two districts of north Andhra Pradesh.

Four persons, including a 54-year-old woman and her nine-year-old grand-daughter, died when lightning struck them in Vizianagaram district, police said.

In Srikakulam district, two people died and an equal number were injured, they said.

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First Published: Apr 24 2018 | 10:30 PM IST

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