Lightning, strong winds kill, injure people in India's Odisha state NEW DELHI, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Lightning struck at two adjacent districts in India's eastern coastal state of Odisha, killing at least six people, authorities said. Those killed in the incidents Wednesday included three laborers, who were struck by lightning while taking shelter under a tree during strong winds and rain in Paradip district, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. The other lightning struck in nearby Kendrapare district, killing three more people, the Times of India reported. The high winds damaged about 300 thatched homes, while falling trees seriously injured a woman, the Times said. "Some schools and cyclone shelters are jam-packed with woman and children who fled their villages fearing a cyclone," a district official said.