THE RISK OF being hit by lightning in Singapore has become so high that the government is erecting special lighting shelters and fitting school playgrounds with early-warning devices.
Yesterday, one Thai labourer was killed and another injured when lightning struck their construction site. Singapore has one of the world's highest rates of lightning strikes - 20 per sq km each year.
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