(아시아/방글라데시) 방글라데시 번개 맞아 50명 사망

출처: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36292868

Lightning strikes kill 50 in Bangladesh (lightning strikes: 번개치다)

• 14 May 2016
 
• From the sectionAsia

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Image captionExperts say rising temperatures may be causing more frequent lightning

More than 50 people across Bangladesh have died after being struck by lightning in the past two days, police say.

Many of the dead were farmers who were killed as they worked in their paddy fields. (paddy field = rice field)

Bangladesh is prone to electrical storms but this year they have been particularly severe. (be prone to: 하기 쉬운, 하는 경향이 있는) (electrical storms: 뇌우雷雨)

Experts suggest a general rise in temperatures and deforestation may be factors. 잦은 번개의 원인은 온도상승과 삼림파괴.

Other victims included two students in the capital, Dhaka, who were struck as they played football, and a teenage boy who died when he went to collect mangoes.

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Image captionStorms have lashed parts of Bangladesh following a heatwave

About 90 people have been killed by lightning since March, compared to a total of 51 people in the whole of 2015, Voice of America (VoA) reported.

The head of Bangladesh's disaster management body Mohammad Riaz Ahmed told VoA he was "indeed concerned" by the rise in the number of deaths.

He said further thunderstorms were predicted for later this month.

Strong tropical storms regularly hit Bangladesh ahead of and during the monsoon season, which runs from June to September.

** 기사에 대한 소감 **

1. 이 기사를 보며, 환경의 중요성을 다시 생각하게 되었다.

2. 잦은 천둥 번개의 원인은 온도상승과 삼림파괴이다.

3. 이 기사도 수업의 자료이다. 환경의 중요성을 주제로 하여 수업 때 꼭 다룰 생각이다.