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At least 18 elephants are believed to have been killed in India’s Assam state after a bolt of lightning hit the herd. The incident happened in the hilly Kandali Proposed Reserve Forest in the Forest Department’s Kathiatoli Range in Nagaon district. “The local staff said 18 elephants have died and lightning is most likely the cause,” Assam’s Chief Wildlife Warden, …

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