Bangladesh has been witnessing a rise in casualties from lightning strikes mainly due to drastic shifts in weather patterns.

Six people, including two members of a family, were killed and two others injured in lightning strikes in Kushtia and Bogura today.

Four people are killed by separate incidents of lightning strikes in Baliadangi and Ranisankail upazilas of Thakurgaon.

At least 11 people are killed and another is injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Pabna, Mymensingh, Chuadanga and Netrakona.

Five people, including three of a family, were killed in lightning strikes in Satkhira yesterday.

A lightning strike killed three people and critically injured seven others on a boat in the Meghna river near Nolbata area of Narsingdi Sadar upazila yesterday evening.

At least 15 people are killed in lightning strikes in seven districts -- Magura, Sirajganj, Sunamganj, Rangamati, Brahmanbaria, Noakhali and Gazipur.

Measures taken timely can save many lives during a lightning storm. But it is very tough to recall the tips in the face of trouble therefore we need to drill ourselves to get familiar to these measures.

Five people, including four farmers, are killed in separate lightning strikes in Habiganj and Kishoreganj districts.