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Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway

In this image made available by the Norwegian Environment Agency on Monday Aug. 29 2016, shows some of the wild reindeer that were killed, in Hardangervidda, central Norway on Friday.

Stockholm - Agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told The Associated Press it's not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by lightning strikes but this was an unusually deadly event.

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By AP

Published: Tue 30 Aug 2016, 9:42 AM

Last updated: Wed 31 Aug 2016, 9:48 AM

More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway. 
The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie images showing a jumble of reindeer carcasses scattered across a small area on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. The agency says 323 animals were killed, including 70 calves, in the lightning storm Friday. 
Agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told The Associated Press it's not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by lightning strikes but this was an unusually deadly event. 
"We have not heard about such numbers before," he said Monday. 
He said reindeer tend to stay very close to each other in bad weather, which could explain how so many were killed at once. 
Thousands of reindeer migrate across the barren Hardanangervidda plateau as the seasons change.

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Published: Tue 30 Aug 2016, 9:42 AM

Last updated: Wed 31 Aug 2016, 9:48 AM

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