STOCKHOLM — More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway. The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie images showing a jumble of reindeer carcasses scattered across a small area on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. The agency says 323 animals were killed, including 70 calves, in the lightning storm Friday. Agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told The Associated Press it’s not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by lightning strikes but this was an unusually deadly event. “I don’t know if there were several lighting strikes,” he said.

Source: National Post August 29, 2016 12:33 UTC