173 sheep killed by lightning
By Shao Wei in Urumqi | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-13 08:07
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Herders count the bodies of sheep in Hoboksar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Tuesday. A lightning strike killed 173 sheep, a heavy loss for the herders. Qu Jing / for China Daily |
A total of 173 sheep were killed almost instantaneously on Tuesday when lightning struck a mountainous area in the Hoboksar Mongolian autonomous county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
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