Thousands of reindeer
migrate across the barren Hardangervidda plateau as the seasons change, sudden
lightning strike has killed more than 300 wild reindeer in Norway, in what officials
described as an unusually large natural disaster.
Aerial footage shows
reindeer carcasses scattered across a small area on the Hardangervidda mountain
plateau.
The footage was released by
the Norwegian Environment Agency, which said 323 animals were killed, including
70 calves.
Agency spokesman Kjartan
Knutsen said it is not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by
lightning strikes, "but we have not heard about such numbers before."
He said reindeer tend to
stay very close to each other in bad weather, which could explain how so many
were killed at once during Friday's storm.
It is the second time this
month that a large group of animals has been killed by lightning.
On 25 August, 38 sheep died
after they were hit by lightning in the Indian district of Kanchipuram.
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