During the monsoon season, intense periods of lashing rains and storming skies ensure that the seasonal wetlands or haor region of north-eastern Bangladesh are flooded to become vast bodies of freshwater. Then, the region becomes a magnet for wildlife and local farming communities looking to boost meagre incomes by fishing. But as global temperatures rise and thunderstorms become more frequent in this part of Asia, the broad water expanses are increasingly a death trap that exposes fishers and their families to frequent and deadly lightning strikes.
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