Lightning kills 2 in Andhra Pradesh

Machilipatnam (AP), Sept 13 (PTI) Two people, including a 32-year old woman, were killed when lightning struck them in separate incidents in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh Thursday, police said.

P Basavaiah (55), a farmer, was fatally struck by lightning in his farmland in Nandigama village in Pedana mandal.

In the other incident, a farmer couple was engaged in farm operations in Krishnapuram village when the woman died of lightning, police said.

Heavy rains lashed the two villages in Pedana mandal when the mishaps occurred in the evening, Pedana Sub-Inspector B Abhimanyu said.