Global Warming - India

  From reading the article there is no direct scientific study correlation between global warming and increasing lightning strikes and deaths as a result of the strikes in India. However as global temperatures continue to rise, extreme weather changes also continue to occur.

  Over the years we have taken note of many subtle types of changes in the environment from insect migrations, blights, extreme and unusual weather, fish population changes, and on and on and on. This one might also go into that category.

WSJ: As Lightning Deaths Surge in India, Some Blame Global Warming

The number of annual reported lightning deaths across India has climbed by about 40% compared with 10 years ago. Last year, 2,582 Indians were killed, according to the official government tally. While the deaths are usually spread across the subcontinent, almost all of them are in rural areas.