Faizuddin remains traumatised from the lightning strike that killed his three friends, taking selfies in a 400-year-old fortress in India, where deadly blows from climate change are becoming increasingly common.
Dozens of people have found similarly grisly experiences in the western desert state of Rajasthan this year, where deaths from thunderstorms were previously unheard of.
“I was hit by three thunderbolts, one after the other,” Faizuddin said in a trembling voice as he lay shrouded in a blanket in his modest house in Jaipur.
During the July storm, which killed eight people, he and his teenage friend trio climbed hundreds of steps to the pavilion overlooking the Amber Palace.
A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure (wikipedia)
Jaipur ; Hindi: ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. As of 2011, the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. (wikipedia)
A lightning strike or lightning bolt is an electric discharge between the atmosphere and an object. They mostly originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate on the ground (wikipedia)
Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, Rajasthan, India. Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres located 11 kilometres from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. (wikipedia)
