Freak lightning storm kills 300 reindeer

Lightning killed reindeer in apocalyptic proportions during a thunderstorm in central Norway, the Norwegian Environment Agency reports. The shocking event left 323 of the animals dead, including 70 calves. "We have not heard about such number before," agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told The Associated Press. Reindeer are occasionally killed by lightning strikes, but seldom in such large numbers; Knutsen believes the reason so many perished at once on the Hardangervidda plateau is because reind...