Dhaka, May 13 -- An average of 300 people die from lightning strikes in Bangladesh each year, with the highest number of fatalities reported in the northeastern districts of Sunamganj, Netrokona and Sylhet.

The data was shared on Tuesday afternoon during a joint discussion held at the Storm Warning Centre of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

The meeting aimed to expand outreach on early lightning alerts now being issued with the support of the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES), a private research body.

Presenting the keynote, meteorologist Khan Md Golam Rabbani of RIMES said: "Typically, lightning occurs due to the collision of smaller and larger water droplets inside a special type of cloud ca...