Lightning strikes have killed more than 100,000 people ... ponds and tin-roofed and thatched homes. Living next to the sea can be precarious: cyclonic storms and tidal surges are common.
Rising land and sea surface temperatures warm the air ... At least 18 of the 24 deaths were attributed to the lightning strikes, officials said in a statement late on Sunday.
According to Franklin Japan, a lightning-observation meteorological company in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, the number of lightning strikes in the Kanto region, which consists of Tokyo and six ...