More than 300 reindeer killed by lightning in Norway

The environmental agency said reindeer tended to stay very close to each other in bad weather, which could explain how so many were killed at once

More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in southern Norway, officials said Monday, in the largest such incident known to date.

The 323 reindeer, including 70 young, were found on Friday by a gamekeeper on the Hardangervidda plateau, a national park where Europe's largest herd of some 10,000 wild reindeer roam freely.