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40,000 lightning strikes in a China storm kills 15 - Jaggernaut - 07-18-2007 05:11 AM Quote:BEIJING - A 16-hour storm unleashed more than 40,000 lightning strikes in China, killing 15 people, injuring more than 100 and bringing air, road and rail traffic to a halt, state media said on Wednesday. The storm, in the southwestern city of Chongqing, left five people missing and caused some 10,000 homes to collapse, the Beijing Times said. Looks like a world record in the number of lightning strikes! |