Bangladesh plants million trees to cut lightning deaths
By Agence France-presse in Dhaka | China Daily | Updated: 2017-01-25 08:17
Bangladesh has begun planting 1 million palm trees to help prevent hundreds of people being killed by lightning strikes every year, a top official said on Tuesday.
Authorities last year declared lightning a natural disaster as official tallies recorded more than 200 deaths in 2016, with 82 people dying on a single day in May.
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