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Lightning kills farmer's 17 cows on hill

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-07 09:14

Lightning killed 17 cows of a farmer in Menghai county, Yunnan province, last Friday.

Meng Kang, a resident of Manmai village, said he woke up on Saturday morning and found his cattle, kept in an ox fence on a hill near his house, dead.

He said it meant a loss of at least 40,000 yuan ($5,860).

(Chuncheng Evening News)