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Madhya Pradesh
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Rajasthan
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Bihar
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Telangana
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Detailed explanation-1: -Scientists from institutes, including the Banaras Hindu University, analysed instances of lightning strikes between 1998 and 2013 and found that parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are very vulnerable.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the National Weather Service, 19 people died of lightning strikes in 2022.
Detailed explanation-3: -There were nearly eight times as many heatwaves, 27 in all, and lightning strikes rose more than 111 times, killing 907 people, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said in a report to parliament. Thunderstorms increased more than five times to 240.
Detailed explanation-4: -The CROPC report listed the 250 most lightning-prone districts in India, including Kendujhar, Puruliya, Chandrapur, Korba, Jaisalmer, Medinipur West and Prakasam, apart from Kutch and Mayurbhanj.