How could hundreds of animals have died in a single lightning storm in Norway? DW speaks to the head of a high-voltage lab to find out.

Norwegian authorities said Monday that hundreds of reindeer had been discovered dead on Norway's Hardangervidda plateau after local thunderstorms. The leading theory at the time of publication remains that the animals were struck and killed by lightning. Alternative theories suggest death could have come from a previous disease or due to shock resulting from a nearby lightning strike.