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A total of 173 sheep were killed almost instantaneously on Tuesday when lightning struck a mountainous area in the Hoboksar Mongolian autonomous county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
An 18-year-old Mongolian herder recalled the incident as "a nightmare".
"It started raining heavily at midnight and it hailed at around 1 pm. I was very scared and had to hide in the yurt nearby. After the lightning split the sky, the sheep outside bleated and they all died," Alten Bagen said on Thursday.
The tightly packed sheep were sheltering from the rain under a pine tree, which acted as a conductor for the electricity. In addition, 30 sheep were carried away by floods, Bagen said.
Bagen's father, an experienced herder, was away in the mountains looking after their horses when the accident happened.
"A smell of burned meat filled the air. If I had been here, it wouldn't have happened," the 42-year-old herder said. "The animals were the only source of income for our family of four."
Father and son collected the skins of the sheep, and buried the bodies.
"I'll sell the skins and will make some money. But we can't eat the meat because of our religious beliefs," the father said.
Fifty-three pigs were killed on July 5 when lightning hit the roof of a barn in a suburb of Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province.
The pig farmer, surnamed Chen, said the pigs were sleeping after their meals when lightning struck.
"After a streak of blue light flashed by, I heard the pigs scream. Then they were silent," she said.
The neighbors said that the ears, nostrils and mouths of most animals were bleeding, and that their bodies had traces of burns and a slight burned smell. The only pig alive had a broken rear leg and struggled to stand up, but couldn't.
"The simplest way to prevent lightning in high places is to install a lightning rod," said weatherman Yao Chuping, who has worked in the field for more than 20 years.
Questions:
1. How many sheep were killed?
2. How old was the Mongolian herder?
3. When did 53 pigs die in a lightening strike?
Answers:
1. 173.
2. 18.
3. July 5.
About the broadcaster:
Lee Hannon is Chief Editor at China Daily with 15-years experience in print and broadcast journalism. Born in England, Lee has traveled extensively around the world as a journalist including four years as a senior editor in Los Angeles. He now lives in Beijing and is happy to move to China and join the China Daily team.
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