Lightning during a recent thunderstorm in Norway killed a herd of 323 reindeer. The reindeer died on a mountain plateau in central Norway. "I don't remember hearing about lightning killing animals on this scale before," says a Norwegian environmental official.
In 2016, 323 Deer Died In A Freak Lightning Strike And Taught Us A Lot About Life After Death Their corpses unleashed a "landscape of fear". A total of 323 reindeer were found dead in the southern part of Norway on the Hardangervidda plateau, a press release from the Norwegian Environment Agency said. Among the 323 killed were 70 calves.
The death of 323 reindeer in Norway alarmed the experts. Three hundred twenty. More than 300 reindeer have been killed by a single lightning strike at a Norwegian national park.
Pictures released by the Norwegian Environment Agency on Sunday show 323 carcasses scattered. 323 dead reindeer were discovered by hunters in Norway last Friday. 70 of them were just calves.
They were apparently struck by lightning. According an ABC news report, the Norwegian Wild Reindeer. The 323 reindeer were killed by lightning Friday, the agency said, in a rare natural massacre that counts as the deadliest lightning strike on record.
A herd of reindeer was struck by lightning in Norway, killing at least 323 of the animals, officials say. Reindeer are known to huddle together during storms. Havard Kjotvedt//Norwegian.